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

Named a Notable Book of the Year by

The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post

Named a Best Book of the Year by

NPR, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus Reviews (Best Nonfiction)

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 in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. In this groundbreaking narrative hi...