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One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally
By ANDERSON, Carol & Tonya Bolden
- ISBN
- 9781547601073
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2019 | Middle To High School
Gr 6 Up—This very readable teen adaptation of Anderson's New York Times best seller covers the systematic, racially motivated legal, physical, and psychological tactics used since the end of Reconstruction to suppress black, poor, and/or otherwise marginalized voters. In a chatty voice, Anderson explains poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation, gerrymandering, and voter ID laws. The text is conversational but occasionally uses vocabulary and cultural references most likely to be unfamili...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
