Five Books to Understand the Voting Rights Act

Since its inception in 1909, the NAACP has been integral to the fight for equal voting rights. Civil rights attorney and constitutional law professor Gloria J. Browne-Marshall explores the suppression tactics that have limited Americans’—particularly Black Americans’—ability to exercise power through the vote and highlights the NAACP’s multifaceted work to expand voting rights through protest, lobbying, and litigation.