![]() ![]() And with vivid characters, she explores the resistance: the organizing, activism, and court battles to restore the basic right to vote to all Americans. In gripping, enlightening detail she explains how voter suppression works, from photo ID requirements to gerrymandering to poll closures. Focusing on the aftermath of Shelby, Anderson follows the astonishing story of government-dictated racial discrimination unfolding before our very eyes as more and more states adopt voter suppression laws. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice. In With One Person, No Vote she focusses on the history the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ![]() Timeline/Index of Activists and ThinkersĬarol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University, has detailed the history of political suppression of African Americans, in her seminal work White Rage.Post Civil Rights Era to the Present (1969-).Civil Rights Era (1955-1968) - White Allies Toggle Dropdown. ![]()
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