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Voting & Voting Rights: Find Books

A guide to resources on voting including voter registration and election information. This information is non-partisan, focusing on voting rights and citizenship.

Sample of Books Available in the Library or Archives

Exercising the right to vote, history can attest, was not always easy. Search for books on African-American suffrage, voter registration, voting rights, and related topics in our catalog. Or select and click any of the samples we have below. As you read these books, you are encouraged to reflect on these questions.




No Small Thing: The 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote
No Small Thing: The 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote
The Dream is Lost
The Dream is Lost
Meridian
Meridian
The Two Reconstructions
The Two Reconstructions
Colored No More
Colored No More
Down to the Crossroads
Down to the Crossroads
From Selma to Montgomery
From Selma to Montgomery
Bending Toward Justice
Bending Toward Justice
Voting Rights
Voting Rights
In Search of Federal Enforcement
In Search of Federal Enforcement
The Politics of Voter Suppression
The Politics of Voter Suppression
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
In Peace and Freedom
In Peace and Freedom
For a Voice and the Vote
For a Voice and the Vote
Civil Rights Crossroads
Civil Rights Crossroads
Bringing Race Back In
Bringing Race Back In
We Will Shoot Back
We Will Shoot Back
This Bright Light of Ours
This Bright Light of Ours
Because They Marched
Because They Marched
The Voting Rights War
The Voting Rights War
Suffrage Reconstructed
Suffrage Reconstructed
Ballot Blocked
Ballot Blocked
Blackballed: The Black Vote and U.S. Democracy
Blackballed: The Black Vote and U.S. Democracy
African American Felon Disenfranchisement
African American Felon Disenfranchisement
The 1964 Freedom Summer
The 1964 Freedom Summer
National Voter Registration Act
National Voter Registration Act
Voting Rights Act: Historical Context and Associated Issues and Trends
Voting Rights Act: Historical Context and Associated Issues and Trends
The State of the Right to Vote after the 2012 Election
The State of the Right to Vote after the 2012 Election
The American Voting Experience
The American Voting Experience
From Selma to Shelby County
From Selma to Shelby County
Increasing Compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act
Increasing Compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act
The Presidential Commission on Election Integrity (PCEI); Upcoming Public Advisory Meeting
The Presidential Commission on Election Integrity (PCEI); Upcoming Public Advisory Meeting
The Presidential Commission on Election Integrity (PCEI); Submission of Public Comments
The Presidential Commission on Election Integrity (PCEI); Submission of Public Comments
Title 3--The President - Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
Title 3--The President - Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
The Voting Rights Amendment Act, S. 1945
The Voting Rights Amendment Act, S. 1945
Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court's Decision in Shelby County
Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court's Decision in Shelby County