Let’s talk about voting rIghts!

Let’s talk about voting rights!

With the Senate’s failure to pass voting rights protections, we really wanted to post resources to relay the historical and everyday significance voting has in our lives.  There is a history of voter suppression in the United States that progresses with every advancement made in diversifying American society. Here are books to help youth be a part of the conversation.

We Shall Overcome!

Tyner. (2021). Black voter suppression : the fight for the right to vote. Lerner Publications.
Upper elementary- high school

Allen, & ReferencePoint Press. (2020). Election manipulation : is America's voting system secure? ReferencePoint Press.
Middle grade-high school

Jenkins, Lacker, Kati, illustrator, & Jones, Martha S., writer of foreword. (2020). Drawing the vote : an illustrated guide to voting in America. Abrams ComicArts.
Middle grade-high school