Our September book is One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson. “In One Person, No Vote, Carol Anderson chronicles the rollbacks to African-American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrated history of racial discrimination to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice. Focusing on the aftermath of Shelby, Anderson follows the astonishing story of government-dictated racial discrimination unfolding before our very eyes as more and more states adopt voter suppression laws."—Amazon

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