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

by Ari Berman

Farrar. 2015. 384p. ISBN 9780374158279. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780374711498.

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Berman describes the history of the Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965, and how it is now encountering its strongest challenges. Recounting the 50-year struggle within the United States, Berman shines a light on recent history to show that the right to vote came, and still comes, with a heavy price. (LJ 7/15)

Reviewed by Karl Helicher , Apr 01, 2016

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