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Stolen Justice

by Lawrence Goldstone
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A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United States.

Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction era raised a new question to those in power in the US: Should African Americans, so many of them former slaves, be granted the right to vote?In a bitter partisan fight over the legislature and Constitution, the answer eventually became yes, though only after two constitutional amendments, two Reconstruction Acts, two Civil Rights Acts, three Enforcement Acts, the impeachment of a president, and an army of occupation. Yet, even that was not enough to ensure that African American voices would be heard, or their lives protected. White supremacists loudly and intentionally prevented black Americans from voting — and they were willing to kill to do so.In this vivid portrait of the systematic suppression of the African American vote for young adults, critically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone traces the injustices of the post-Reconstruction era through the eyes of incredible individuals, both heroic and barbaric, and examines the legal cases that made the Supreme Court a partner of white supremacists in the rise of Jim Crow. Though this is a story of America's past, Goldstone brilliantly draws direct links to today's creeping threats to suffrage in this important and, alas, timely book.
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Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781338617894
  • File size: 148893 KB
  • Release date: January 7, 2020
  • Duration: 05:10:11

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  • ISBN: 9781338617894
  • File size: 148911 KB
  • Release date: January 7, 2020
  • Duration: 05:14:12
  • Number of parts: 5
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History Multi-Cultural Sociology Young Adult Nonfiction

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Lexile® Measure:1310
Text Difficulty:10-12

A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United States.

Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction era raised a new question to those in power in the US: Should African Americans, so many of them former slaves, be granted the right to vote?In a bitter partisan fight over the legislature and Constitution, the answer eventually became yes, though only after two constitutional amendments, two Reconstruction Acts, two Civil Rights Acts, three Enforcement Acts, the impeachment of a president, and an army of occupation. Yet, even that was not enough to ensure that African American voices would be heard, or their lives protected. White supremacists loudly and intentionally prevented black Americans from voting — and they were willing to kill to do so.In this vivid portrait of the systematic suppression of the African American vote for young adults, critically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone traces the injustices of the post-Reconstruction era through the eyes of incredible individuals, both heroic and barbaric, and examines the legal cases that made the Supreme Court a partner of white supremacists in the rise of Jim Crow. Though this is a story of America's past, Goldstone brilliantly draws direct links to today's creeping threats to suffrage in this important and, alas, timely book.
Expand title description text
History Multi-Cultural Sociology Young Adult Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Scholastic Inc.
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781338617894
    File size: 148893 KB
    Release date: January 7, 2020
    Duration: 05:10:11

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781338617894
    File size: 148911 KB
    Release date: January 7, 2020
    Duration: 05:14:12
    Number of parts: 5

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    OverDrive Listen audiobook
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  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 1310
    Text Difficulty: 10-12
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