Chronicles the rollbacks of African American participation in the vote since the Supreme Court's 2013 Shelby ruling, which allowed districts to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice.

When Samantha's tenth birthday party is spoiled by the boy next door, Aunt Cornelia and her young twin sisters try to ease Samantha's disappointment by inviting her and Grandmary to visit them in New York City.

"Describes the opposing viewpoints of women's suffragists and anti-suffragists in the United States beginning in the mid-19th century"--

In this edition of Moyers & Company, acclaimed historian Gary May - a specialist in American political, diplomatic, and social history - joins Bill to put the recent Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act into historical perspective, noting it's just one moment in a long, ongoing struggle to ensure voting rights for every American. May is the author of five books, including Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation...

When using a pull-lever vote-counting machine, voters flip switches to indicate their votes and pull a lever to record their choices. Although the machine does not create a paper record, it records the votes sequentially within the machine, allowing poll workers to verify votes in the event of a recount. While African Americans in northern states like Illinois were able to vote without significant harassment in the 1950s, many southern states set...

Women's suffrage in America came down to a single voter in Tennessee who voted yes because of a letter his mother had written, urging "Vote for suffrage and don't forget to be a good boy." This is the story of the letter than gave all American women a voice.

How do citizens make their voices heard? There is perhaps no greater example of democracy in action than voting. Historically, marginalized groups were excluded from the equal citizenship represented by suffrage. Readers will study the importance of voting, the history of the vote being denied to minority groups, how those groups struggled to attain that right, and what voting means to American citizens today. The comprehensive subject matter supplements...

In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill speaks with Sherrilyn Iffill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Ari Berman, contributing writer for The Nation magazine, about Texas' harsh voter ID law and the troubling issue of voter suppression.

A history of the iconic first women's march in 1913 and the suffragists who led the way to passing the 19th amendment.

Publisher Annotation: This exciting collaboration with the New York Times will reveal the untold stories of the diverse heroines who fought for the 19th amendment. On the 100th anniversary of the historic win for women's rights, it's time to celebrate the names and stories of the women whose courage helped change the fabric of America.