Fighting for the Franchise: A Century of Struggle for Voting Rights

Who can vote? Who decides? The ability to vote for elected representatives is supposed to be a hallmark of a democracy. But for most of U.S. history, most people here could not vote. In the face of voter suppression and disfranchisement, black people have waged a protracted struggle to gain, protect, and expand voting rights in this country.

Join this important conversation featuring authors Carol Anderson, (One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy), Ari Berman, (Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America), Martha S. Jones, (Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All) and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, (co-author, Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing).

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