Represent

Description

Represent
by Michael Eric Dyson

ISBN: 9780759557062
Hardcover, new

Brief Description:
Read about the electrifying and continuing fight for voting rights–and
discover your place in it–in this dramatic exploration of American
democracy, from renowned thought leader Michael Eric Dyson and widely
celebrated author Marc Favreau. One of the most important and least
understood true stories of our nation, the fight for representation is an
ongoing and epic quest to build the democracy sketched out in the
Constitution but unfinished in the twenty-first century. With impeccable
research and exhilarating prose, Represent tells the story of voting rights
in the United States from the American Revolution up to the present day.
Each chapter takes on a new battle between the forces of people power and
forces opposed to it. Readers will meet champions of freedom, including
formerly enslaved revolutionaries, a Chinese American teenager, a Lakota
Sioux activist, Black World War II veterans, a Mexican American student,
and others who fought for their right to vote. Drawing clear lines from
then to now, Represent weaves this important struggle into a single
American drama that will help readers understand our past, present, and
future.

Target Age Group: Ages 12 And Up, Grades 7 to 17