One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy

By Carol Anderson

Book Overview

As featured in the documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy

PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award Finalist, Longlisted for the National Book Award, NPR Politics Podcast Book Club Choice
Best Books of the Year--Washington Post, Boston Globe, NPR, Bustle, NYPL

From the award-winning, NYT bestselling author of White Rage, the startling--and timely--history of voter suppression in America, with a foreword by Senator Dick Durbin, now with a new afterword by the author.

In her New York Times bestseller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that have systematically impeded black progress in America, from 1865 to our combustible present. With One Person, No Vote, she chronicles a related history: 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. In gripping, enlightening detail she explains how voter suppression works, from photo ID requirements to gerrymandering to poll closures. In a powerful new afterword, she examines the repercussions of the 2018 midterm elections. And with vivid characters, she explores the resistance: the organizing, activism, and court battles to restore the basic right to vote to all Americans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635571391
• ISBN13: 9781635571394
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Readable explanation about voter suppression techniques

I first learned of Carol Anderson in a PBS interview about voter suppression, and her work has opened my eyes in that politicians aren't chosen by the electorate; the electorate is chosen by politicians. It defends that voting is a right, and not a privilege, and those in power know their positions aren't merited when they use voter suppression tactics.