Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections
- ISBN-10
- 082035774X
- ISBN-13
- 9780820357744
- Category
- Election law
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Authors
- Stacey Abrams, Carol Anderson
Description
"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"--
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