Beyond the Voting Rights Act
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Beyond the Voting Rights Act movingly recounts over 30 years of contemporary voting rights battles in the United States from the 1980s to the present day. The book places in context the modern-day battles against voter suppression laws that were embedded in American history and are still underway across the country. It tells a story of that struggle from the author's perspective beginning as a young African American from Cleveland in the 1980s, who reluctantly became involved within this movement as a student activist and inadvertently rose to become an integral part of the ultimate legislative victory
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" Beyond the Voting Rights Act tells a captivating and long overdue story that bridges the historic battles for voting rights that my father led, to the landmark legislative battles for voter registration and democratic reform from the 1980s to the present. A must read during this period of ever-increasing threats to the Voting Rights Act and our American democracy."
Martin Luther King, III, American human rights activist, philanthropist & advocate
"Greg Moore has written a compelling book that takes us on the journey from access to the ballot box to fighting voter suppression. He reveals, in his first hand account, the behind-the-scenes struggle to secure the vote for every citizen. No book is more important to forging our future."
Donna Brazile, Campaign Manager, Gore for President 2000 Campaign, and Chairperson, Democratic National Committee
"As this generation wages its own battles against a tsunami of voter suppression legislation and an insurgent authoritarian movement, Moore's insights, experiences, leadership, and guidance is more urgent than ever. Any and everyone concerned about the democratic future of the United States needs this book."
Dr. Clarence Lusane, noted political scientist, Howard University
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Gregory T. Moore is one of America's leading voting rights leaders and advocates who has a long and distinguished history of political empowerment and issue advocacy, serving in a number of leadership positions throughout his many years of grassroots organizing and program development at the local, state and national level.
Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Contents
- About the Author and the Series Editor
- Foreword
- Chapter 1 The Promise of Democracy
- Chapter 2 "Our Time Has Come!" - Jesse Jackson and the Historic 1984 Campaign
- Chapter 3 Keeping Hope Alive and Breaking Barriers to Voting
- Chapter 4 Takin' It to the Hill: The Battle over H.R. 2190
- Chapter 5 The Enemy of the Good: Stuck in the Middle
- Chapter 6 Back to Selma: Taking It to the Streets
- Chapter 7 The NVRA Filibuster Breakthrough and 1992 Elections
- Chapter 8 The Final Push for Passage of NVRA "Motor Voter" Bill
- Chapter 9 The States' Resistance and the Battle for Compliance
- Chapter 10 The 2000 Florida Election Debacle
- Chapter 11 Post-2000 Election and the 9/11 Reconfiguration
- Chapter 12 The 2004 Ohio Election Debacle, Katrina and VRA Reauthorization
- Chapter 13 The Obama Phenomenon and the Historic 2008 Mobilization
- Chapter 14 The Shelby Decision and the Battle to Restore the VRA
- Chapter 15 The Rise of Trump and the Movement for Black Lives
- Epilogue Why We Still Can't Wait: To Fulfill the Promise of Democracy
- References
