Join World of Wellesley and LWVW for our 2023, IN PERSON Community Book Read.

Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman

The League of Women Voters is honored to co-sponsor this event produced by the World of Wellesley, in partnership with Wellesley College and Wellesley Books. You will have the chance to meet and hear directly from Ari Berman at this in-person event on March 21st, 6:30PM-8:30PM at Wellesley College Tishman Commons.

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Ari Berman is an award-winning journalist, national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones, Reporting Fellow at Type Media Center and author of GIVE US THE BALLOT: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America. Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. In this groundbreaking narrative history. Through meticulous research, in-depth interviews, and incisive on-the-ground reporting, Give Us the Ballot offers the first comprehensive history of its kind, and provides new insight into one of the most vital political and civil rights issues of our time.

In the interim, recommend this book to your friends and neighbors and ask yourself why is the right to vote still under debate?

For more information and reviews of “Give Us the Ballot” go to: Review by New York Times, Macmillan Publisher review

Ticket cost: 5.00. Register for this event here. Please note separate registration for Students.

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