Reviews
"As the former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the author has seen expansion of voting rights lead to more voter suppression and actually cause vote counts to decline. Berry helpfully exposes disturbing facts from across the country." -- Kirkus Reviews "Dr. Mary Frances Berry states in this urgent book that it should be in our interests 'to fulfill our democratic vision of truly free and fair elections.' Laying out the history and nature of vote buying, voter suppression, voter intimidation, and turnout, Dr. Berry shows that, rather than being a lock-step march toward greater 'inclusion' in voting, the United States exemplifies a push-pull phenomenon--sometimes expanding the franchise and other times restricting it. Above all, Dr. Berry's work instructs us to be vigilant: that if we are to have our democracy live up to its potential, it is up to us to stop restrictive laws and work to expand the franchise fairly at the local, state, and federal level." --Donna Brazile, Veteran Democratic Strategist and Democratic National Committee's Vice Chair for Voter Registration and Participation "Mary Frances Berry uncovers a type of voter suppression that many readers will be shocked and outraged to learn exists in twenty-first century America. Five Dollars and a Porkchop Sandwich is an urgent, timely and nonpartisan book that is vital to our democracy." --Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, "Dr. Mary Frances Berry states in this urgent book that it should be in our interests 'to fulfill our democratic vision of truly free and fair elections.' Laying out the history and nature of vote buying, voter suppression, voter intimidation, and turnout, Dr. Berry shows that, rather than being a lock-step march toward greater 'inclusion' in voting, the United States exemplifies a push-pull phenomenon--sometimes expanding the franchise and other times restricting it. Above all, Dr. Berry's work instructs us to be vigilant: that if we are to have our democracy live up to its potential, it is up to us to stop restrictive laws and work to expand the franchise fairly at the local, state, and federal level." --Donna Brazile, Veteran Democratic Strategist and Democratic National Committee's Vice Chair for Voter Registration and Participation "Mary Frances Berry uncovers a type of voter suppression that many readers will be shocked and outraged to learn exists in twenty-first century America. Five Dollars and a Porkchop Sandwich is an urgent, timely and nonpartisan book that is vital to our democracy." --Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, "As the former chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the author has seen expansion of voting rights lead to more voter suppression and actually cause vote counts to decline...Berry helpfully exposes disturbing facts from across the country." -- Kirkus Reviews "Dr. Mary Frances Berry states in this urgent book that it should be in our interests 'to fulfill our democratic vision of truly free and fair elections.' Laying out the history and nature of vote buying, voter suppression, voter intimidation, and turnout, Dr. Berry shows that, rather than being a lock-step march toward greater 'inclusion' in voting, the United States exemplifies a push-pull phenomenon--sometimes expanding the franchise and other times restricting it. Above all, Dr. Berry's work instructs us to be vigilant: that if we are to have our democracy live up to its potential, it is up to us to stop restrictive laws and work to expand the franchise fairly at the local, state, and federal level." --Donna Brazile, Veteran Democratic Strategist and Democratic National Committee's Vice Chair for Voter Registration and Participation "Mary Frances Berry uncovers a type of voter suppression that many readers will be shocked and outraged to learn exists in twenty-first century America. Five Dollars and a Porkchop Sandwich is an urgent, timely and nonpartisan book that is vital to our democracy." --Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union
