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A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction

Named a Notable Book of the Year by
The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post

Named a Best Book of the Year by
NPR, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus Reviews (Best Nonfiction)

Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Ari Berman charts both the transformation of American democracy under the VRA and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit it from the moment the act was signed into law. The VRA is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, and yetmore than fifty years laterthe battles over race, representation, and political power continue, as lawmakers devise

Give Us the Ballot

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    A Paperback / softback by Ari Berman

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      Publisher Picador USA
      Published 2 August 2016
      ISBN-13 9781250094728
      978-1250094728
      ISBN-10 1250094720
      Also in:
      Human rights, civil rights

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction

      Named a Notable Book of the Year by
      The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post

      Named a Best Book of the Year by
      NPR, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus Reviews (Best Nonfiction)

      Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Ari Berman charts both the transformation of American democracy under the VRA and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit it from the moment the act was signed into law. The VRA is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, and yetmore than fifty years laterthe battles over race, representation, and political power continue, as lawmakers devise

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