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One person, no vote : how not all voters are treated equally

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2019

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Title:	One person, no vote : how not all voters are treated equally
Author:	Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine), author.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York : Bloomsbury, 2019. ©2019
Description:	276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:	Chronicles the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Explains how voter suppression works, from photo ID requirements to gerrymandering to poll closures. Explores the resistance: the organizing, activism, and court battles to restore the basic right to vote to all Americans as the nation gears up for the 2020 presidential election season.
Audience:	Ages 7-12 Grade 7 to 8
Subjects:	African Americans -- Suffrage -- Juvenile literature. Minorities -- Suffrage -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Voting -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Voter registration -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Election law -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Race discrimination -- Political aspects -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Glencoe (Ill.) -- Central School research projects. Glencoe (Ill.) -- Central School research projects.
Other Author:	Bolden, Tonya, author.
Contents:	A history of disenfranchisement -- Voter ID -- Voter roll purge -- Rigging the rules -- The resistance -- Conclusion.
ISBN	9781547601073

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