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• The Voting Rights War

  the NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice

  Browne-Marshall, Gloria J.,

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  Tells the story of the ongoing struggle to achieve voting equality through 100 years of work by the NAACP at the Supreme Court.

• It Occurs to Me That I Am America

  New Stories and Art

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  Features original short stories from thirty bestselling and award-winning authors--including Alice Walker, Richard Russo, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Child--with an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Susan B. Anthony Women's Voting Rights Trial

  a Headline Court Case

  Peterson, Judy Monroe

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  Examines the efforts to gain the right for women in the United States to vote, focusing on the trial of Susan B. Anthony for illegally voting in the presidential election in 1872.

• We've Got to Try

  How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible

  O'Rourke, Beto,

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  O'Rourke weaves together the stories of Texans who changed the course of voting rights and improved America's democracy and shows just how essential it is that the sacred right to vote is protected and that we each do our part to save our democracy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indiana Voters Portal

  View on in.gov

  The Indiana Voters Portal is the State's website where you can register to vote, check your registration status and get information on where, when, and how to vote.

• Indianapolis Election Riot of 1876

  View on indianapublicmedia.org

  Intimidation of non-whites at the polls was common during the 19th century, carried out by such groups as a paramilitary unit known as The Wide Awakes. The 1872 elections saw several such attacks; the 1876 elections in Indianapolis are where the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Politics Is Local

  Why Progressives Must Fight for the States

  Winter, Meaghan,

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  Meaghan Winter shows how the Democratic Party and left-leaning political establishment have spent the past several decades betting it all on the very risky and increasingly foolhardy strategy of abandoning the states to focus on federal races. For…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On Account of Race

  the Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights

  Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-

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  "On Account of Race" tells the story of an American tragedy, the only occasion in United States history in which a group of citizens who had been granted the right to vote then had it stripped away. Even more unjust was that this theft of voting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Voting Rights Under Fire

  the Continuing Struggle for People of Color

  Brown, Donathan L.,

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  With the increasing demands for changes in how we vote, the authors analyze the complications of race tied to these proposed policies through historical and contemporary challenges.

• The Great Suppression

  Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy

  Roth, Zachary

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  In The Great Suppression, Roth unearths the deep historical roots of an anti-egalitarian worldview, and introduces us to its modern-day proponents: The GOP officials pushing to make it harder to cast a ballot; the lawyers looking to scrap all limits…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Local Government Election Practices

  a Handbook for Public Officials and Citizens

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  The purpose of Local Government Elections is to sort through and make sense of the various, sometimes complex, election system options at the local level. The book provides an introduction to local election practices and a review of traditional…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Campaign Manager

  Running and Winning Local Elections

  Shaw, Catherine M. (Catherine Marie), 1955-

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  Successful campaign manager and three-term mayor of Ashland, Oregon, Catherine Shaw presents the must-have handbook for navigating local campaigns. This clear and concise handbook gives political novices and veterans alike a detailed, soup-to-nuts…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Give Us the Ballot

  the Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America

  Berman, Ari

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  A groundbreaking narrative history of voting rights since 1965, Give Us the Ballot tells the story of what happened after the act was passed.

• Local Politics

  a Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots

  Christensen, Terry

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  "Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots" is designed to inspire civic engagement as well as understanding. It features "In Your Community" research projects in every chapter along with informative tables, clear charts,…Read moreRead more of this annotation