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September 2022
DRAWING THE VOTE: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO VOTING IN AMERICA
An original graphic novel, looks at the history of voting rights in the United States and how it affects the way we vote today Throughout the book, the author, Tommy Jenkins, identifies events and trends that led to the unprecedented results of the 2016 presidential election that left American political parties more estranged than ever Drawing the Vote seeks to offer some explanation for how we got here and how every American can take action to make their vote count.
LARGERTHANLIFE: LYNDONB.JOHNSON ANDTHERIGHTTOVOTE
Keenly known for both his triumphs and his failures, Quirk follows LBJ’s childhood in rural Texas learning politics from his parents, his time teaching Mexican American students at a small-town school, and his days in Congress as majority leader and as vice president; and chapters that cover his work alongside civil rights leaders and the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
FAULT LINES IN THE CONSTITUTION
Many of the political issues we struggle with today have their roots in the US Constitution Cynthia Levinson takes readers back to the creation of this historic document and discuss how contemporary problems were first introduced--then they offer possible solutions
FLIPPED
Flipped is the definitive account of how the election of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff transformed Georgia from one of the staunchest Republican strongholds to the nation's most watched battleground state
THE AGE OF ACRIMONY: HOW AMERICANS FOUGHT TO FIX OUR DEMOCRACY 1865-1915
John Greenspin
The Age of Acrimony charts the rise and fall of 19th-century America's unruly politics through the lives of a remarkable fatherdaughter dynasty
THE STEAL
Journalists Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague offer an in-depth report on what happened during those crucial nine weeks and a portrait of the heroic individuals who did their duty and stood firm against the unprecedented, sustained attack on our election system to ensure that every legal vote was counted and the will of the people prevailed
Greg Bluestein
Riley Sager
Cynthia Levinson
Anne Quirk
Mark Bowden (hoopla ebook)
VOTE: WOMEN'S FIGHT FOR ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX
See how the 70year-long fight for women's suffrage was hard won by leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt and others
