One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson

One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson

As featured in the documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy

PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award Finalist, Longlisted for the National Book Award
Best Books of the Year--Washington Post, Boston Globe, NPR, Bustle, NYPL

From the award-winning, NYT bestselling author of White Rage, the startling--and timely--history of voter suppression in America, with a foreword by Senator Dick Durbin, now with a new afterword by the author.

In her New York Times bestseller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that have systematically impeded black progress in America, from 1865 to our combustible present. With One Person, No Vote, she chronicles a related history: the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice.

Focusing on the aftermath of Shelby, Anderson follows the astonishing story of government-dictated racial discrimination unfolding before our very eyes as more and more states adopt voter suppression laws. In gripping, enlightening detail she explains how voter suppression works, from photo ID requirements to gerrymandering to poll closures. In a powerful new afterword, she examines the repercussions of the 2018 midterm elections. And with vivid characters, she explores the resistance: the organizing, activism, and court battles to restore the basic right to vote to all Americans.

Carol Anderson she joined the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and was trained as a dental technician. When she became a civilian, she worked for a while as a dental technician, then as a legal secretary and then a professional photographer. It was her photography expertise, travels to Japan, and her experience with the Kansas landscape that inspired her to write Treasures From the Heartland. This book combines haiku poetry with many of her excellent photographs taken in Kansas and Japan. After retirement, she wrote her memories of Kansas in Images From a Small Town. Her book concentrates on individual stories, often humorous, from the past to the present day.

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ISBN 13	9781635571370
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Title	One Person, No Vote
Author	Carol Anderson
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Year published	2018-12-13
Number of pages	288
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