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Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America

Ari Berman

"Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. Give us the ballot tells this story for the first time."-- Jacket.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryTopic Classifier: Democracy & Elections -> Politics & GovernmentDemocracy & ElectionsAmerican PoliticsPresidency & Executive Power

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2016LonglistOfficial source
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor2015FinalistSecondary source
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