
Five Books to Understand the Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice Written by Gloria J. Brown Marshall
Since its founding in 1909, the NAACP has played an integral role in the fight for equal voting rights. Civil rights attorney and constitutional law professor Gloria J. Brown-Marshall explores the repressive tactics that have limited the ability of Americans, particularly Black Americans, to exercise power through the vote, and highlights the NAACP’s multifaceted efforts to expand voting rights through protest, lobbying, and litigation.
