Give Us the Vote!: Over 200 Years of Fighting for the Ballot

This history of voting rights in the United States follows more than two centuries of struggles for the ballot. It addresses suffrage, the Nineteenth Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and present-day controversies over voter suppression. The account includes people who marched, faced imprisonment, risked their lives, and died while seeking the right to vote, with source notes and extensive back matter.