"America's number one progressive radio host Thom Hartmann looks at our country's long and troubled voting history, analyzing the disenfranchisement of its citizens, particularly people of color, women, and the poor, and showing what we can do to ensure everyone has a voice in this democracy"--

"The Racial Justice in America: Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Voting Rights explores the regulations Black people and people of color have endured in pursuit of their right to vote. Concepts are approached in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Kelisa Wing to reach children...

"When the United States of America began as a country, only white men who owned land could vote. Over the last 230 years, people have fought and protested and even died to expand the right to vote to include every adult over the age of eighteen--in theory. Today, are there ways you can lose your right to vote? And if it's too difficult to vote, can we really say that you still have that right? Voting is the best and sometimes only way Americans can...

For over 200 years, people have marched, gone to jail, risked their lives, and even died trying to get the right to vote in the United States. Others, hungry to acquire or hold onto power, have gone to extraordinary lengths to prevent people from casting ballets or outright stolen votes and sometimes entire elections. Perfect for students who want to know more about voting rights, this nonfiction book contains an extensive view of suffrage from the...

Learn how hard African American, Native Americans, and women fought to have the right to vote, it will remind everyone that voting is part of what created this country, and what will help it keep growing and changing today and in the future.

"Voting gives people a voice in their communities. In the past, racist laws and practices kept Black American voices silent. No place was more affected by this racism than the state of Mississippi. In 1964, organizers and volunteers brought change to Mississippi. This movement to register Black voters became known as Freedom Summer, and it led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Discover the people, events, and results of Freedom Summer...

"This comprehensive reference covers all aspects of politics and voting--from elections and campaigns, to major political figures and parties, to the role of media and major activist groups. Includes 220 alphabetically arranged entries on American voting and related topics. Features maps and tables that provide insights into American voting trends in the 21st century. Covers the evolution of the legal right to vote. Traces the changing population...

This resource offers in-depth analysis of forty-five documents, including articles, constitutional documents, court opinions, essays, laws, letters, political tracts, reports, speeches, and testimonies, as well as a checklist from the American with Disabilities Act, and an example naturalization test. These selections help define events surrounding the passionate and controversial history of voters' rights in the United States including important...

The 2016 presidential election was unlike any other in American history. Polls tell us that millions of American Catholics who care about moral issues and who descended from immigrants supported Donald Trump. Why didn't Trump's rhetoric on immigration and his promises to close the borders trouble more American Catholics? The 2016 presidential election was unlike any other in American history.