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Our Unfinished March : The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan by Eric Holder and Sam Koppelman (2022, Hardcover)
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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100593445740
ISBN-139780593445747
eBay Product ID (ePID)19057250634
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Book TitleOur Unfinished March : the Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote-A History, a Crisis, a Plan
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
TopicPolitical Process / Campaigns & Elections, United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, Civics & Citizenship
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorEric Holder, Sam Koppelman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.7 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-287675
Reviews"In this analytical call-to-action, former U.S. attorney general Holder charts the history of voter discrimination. [Holder notes] that since the Supreme Court 'gutted' the Voting Rights Act in 2013, more than two dozen states 'have instituted draconian anti-voting laws that clearly and intentionally have a disproportionate impact on communities of color.' . . . Lucid history lessons and concrete solutions make this an essential primer on a hot-button political issue." -- Publishers Weekly "The former attorney general lays out the extraordinary challenges minority voters face with Republican efforts at voter suppression. As Holder notes, we are in the midst of 'a crisis unlike any we've faced since the signing of the Voting Rights Act [of 1965]: American democracy is on the brink of collapse.' . . . Holder writes critically, but he also offers a positive program for change that insists that only by popular actions, such as voter drives and demands for electoral fairness on the part of elected officials, will that change come. . . . A powerful defense of democracy coupled with a thoughtful survey of the struggle for civil rights." -- Kirkus Reviews "Based on his direct experiences as the first Black U.S. attorney general, working under the first Black U.S. president, Holder describes the ongoing threats against U.S. democracy and, responding to policy changes leading to voter suppression, argues for new protective measures and processes to safeguard and expand voting rights for millions of Americans. Readers will find important, compelling episodes in U.S. history and politics, along with hope for the future in the form of the opportunities Holder outlines for challenging voter suppression and other threats to our democracy." -- Booklist, "In this analytical call-to-action, former U.S. attorney general Holder charts the history of voter discrimination. [Holder notes] that since the Supreme Court 'gutted' the Voting Rights Act in 2013, more than two dozen states 'have instituted draconian anti-voting laws that clearly and intentionally have a disproportionate impact on communities of color.' . . . Lucid history lessons and concrete solutions make this an essential primer on a hot-button political issue." -- Publishers Weekly "The former attorney general lays out the extraordinary challenges minority voters face with Republican efforts at voter suppression. As Holder notes, we are in the midst of 'a crisis unlike any we've faced since the signing of the Voting Rights Act [of 1965]: American democracy is on the brink of collapse.' . . . Holder writes critically, but he also offers a positive program for change that insists that only by popular actions, such as voter drives and demands for electoral fairness on the part of elected officials, will that change come. . . . A powerful defense of democracy coupled with a thoughtful survey of the struggle for civil rights." -- Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal324.60973
SynopsisThe path to progress is a winding road, full of roundabouts and cul-de-sacs. Some days, we'll be moving our feet as fast as we can, and it'll seem like we're going nowhere. Just imagine how Elizabeth Cady Stanton must have felt helping write History of Woman Suffrage at the turn of the nineteenth century, with little to show at that point for her decades of activism. Or what must have been rushing through the minds of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner as they took their dying breaths, miles from home, executed during what was supposed to be a Freedom Summer. In the moment, everything these suffragists had done, everything they had sacrificed and everything they had fought for, would have felt futile. But in a fight like this, progress isn't measured over seasons, or years, or decades. It's measured over generations. And what our ancestors did mattered. It's the reason we have the right to vote-and the reason we are in a position to defend it. Book jacket., A brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to take it away; and a playbook for how we can save our democracy before it's too late--from the former U.S. Attorney General on the front lines of this fight Voting is our most important right as Americans--"the right that protects all the others," as Lyndon Johnson famously said when he signed the Voting Rights Act--but it's also the one most violently contested throughout U.S. history. Since the gutting of the act in the landmark Shelby County v. Holder case in 2013, many states have passed laws restricting the vote. After the 2020 election, President Trump's effort to overturn the vote has evolved into a slow-motion coup, with many Republicans launching an all-out assault on our democracy. The vote seems to be in unprecedented peril. But the peril is not at all unprecedented. America is a fragile democracy, Eric Holder argues, whose citizens have only had unfettered access to the ballot since the 1960s. He takes readers through three dramatic stories of how the vote was won: first by white men, through violence and insurrection; then by white women, through protests and mass imprisonments; and finally by African Americans, in the face of lynchings and terrorism. Next, he dives into how the vote has been stripped away since Shelby --a case in which Holder was one of the parties. He ends with visionary chapters on how we can reverse this tide of voter suppression and become a true democracy where every voice is heard and every vote is counted. Full of surprising history, intensive analysis, and actionable plans for the future, this is a powerful primer on our most urgent political struggle from one of the country's leading advocates.
LC Classification NumberJK1846
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