Voter suppression in U.S. elections / edited by Jim Downs.

Includes bibliographical references.

Roundtable -- Top Ten Articles. Voter suppression, then and now / by David W. Blight -- How prisons change the balance of power in America / by Heather Ann Thompson -- Why we still need the Voting Rights Act / by John Lewis -- Why the Voting Rights Act is once again under threat / by Ari Berman -- The long and despicable roots of voter suppression and similar tactics / by Frank Palmeri and Ted Wendelin -- The Republican approach to voter fraud: Lie / by Carol Anderson -- How voter suppression could swing the midterms / by Ari Berman -- Stacey Abrams, Brian Kemp, and neo-Jim Crow in Georgia / by Carol Anderson -- We cannot resign ourselves to dismay and disenfranchisement / by Stacey Abrams -- Statement of Stacey Y. Abrams founder & Chair, Fair Fight Action on Continuing Challenges to the Voting Rights Act since Shelby County v. Holder before the House Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights, and civil liberties, June 25, 2019 / by Stacey Abrams.

"Following the model of the first book in the "History in the Headlines (HiH) series (Catherine Clinton's Confederate Statues and Memorialization), Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections offers an enlightening, history-informed conversation about voter disenfranchisement in the United States. The book includes an edited transcript of a conversation hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia in 2019, as well as the "ten best" articles students and interested citizens should read about voter access and suppression. The book will have an online presence that hosts additional content (more articles, podcasts, other news) on the press's Manifold digital publishing platform site"-- Provided by publisher.

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