The Right to Vote
- ISBN-10
- 076130066X
- ISBN-13
- 9780761300663
- Series
- The Right to Vote
- Category
- Suffrage
- Pages
- 52
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- Elaine Pascoe
Description
Explores the basic right to vote for government officials as it is guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, highlighting the various restraints that were put on African Americans and women in the past.
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Other editions
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- 2009-06-30
- 498 pages
- Paperback
- Basic Books (AZ)
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- 2004-10-20
- 488 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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