VOTER EMPOWERMENT RESOURCES

 

 

Suppressed:  Documentary about voter suppression in Georgia in 2018.Watch free online.

https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed

 

Take Action resource list from Brave New Films

https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed_act

 

Brennan Center for Justice: non-partisan law and policy institute with much information about voter rights and suppression

https://www.brennancenter.org/issues

https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american-can-vote

 

 

Rigged: Voter Suppression Playbook. Documentary about Voter Suppression (Amazon streaming)

 

The Guardian Newspaper series:  The Fight to Vote (November 7. 2019)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/the-fight-to-vote

 

Democratic Strategist: voter mobilization

https://thedemocraticstrategist.org/2018/10/working-america-how-to-mobilize-voters-into-a-progressive-governing-majority/

 

 

History of Federal Voting Rights Laws

https://www.justice.gov/crt/history-federal-voting-rights-laws

 

 

New York Times review of “Slay the Dragon,” a documentary about gerrymandering

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/movies/slay-the-dragon-review-vote-early-vote-often-it-wont-matter.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

https://www.slaythedragonfilm.com/

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Who Gets to Vote? Teaching About the Struggle for Voting Rights in the United States - Zinn Education Project
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/teaching-voting-rights-struggle/

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A lesson on voting rights — and suppression — during a pandemic that students won’t learn in textbooks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/04/06/lesson-voting-rights-suppression-during-pandemic-that-students-wont-learn-textbooks/

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