Shub Suman (Bibliography)
“Blacks Attempt to Register to Vote.” Chapman University Digital Commons. Accessed October 27, 2023. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_african_american/210/.
This citation shows an image of African American receiving discrimination as they gather to vote. Their actions, likely indicative of the civil rights era, reflect the community's commitment to achieving voting rights despite society's barriers .
“Protest for Voting Rights, Los Angeles, ca. 1965.” CSUN University Library Digital Collection. Accessed October 27, 2023. https://digital-collections.csun.edu/digital/collection/Bradley/id/5277.
Los Angeles streets are filled with protesters advocating for voting rights. Holding placards and banners, the crowd, a mix of races and ages, symbolizes the widespread support for African American rights and the broader Civil Rights Movement.
[African American demonstrators outside the white ... - library of Congress. Accessed October 27, 2023. https://www.loc.gov/resource/ds.05267/.
A group of African American demonstrators stands outside the White House. Activists against the backdrop of the nation's most symbolic residence highlights the national significance of their cause.
“‘nah, You Ain’t Got Enough Edjiccashun to Vote’ / Herblock.” The Library of Congress. Accessed October 27, 2023. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009632471/..
This image showcases one of the prejudiced arguments used historically to deprive Black citizens and suppress their voting rights, reflecting the systemic racism they faced in their fight for equality.
“150 Years and Counting.” National Museum of African American History and Culture, January 18, 2022. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/reconstruction/voting-rights.
Exhibition of African American reconstruction and voting rights.
“Black Americans and the Vote.” National Archives and Records Administration. Accessed October 27, 2023. https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/vote.
This citation goes into detail about the long-lasting struggles of African American rights as well as the 15th Amendment.
Civil rights in America: Racial desegregation of public accommodations. Accessed October 27, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/tellingallamericansstories/upload/CivilRights_DesegPublicAccom.pdf.
This book goes into detail about Jim Crow laws, the origins of segregation, and the upcoming civil rights movement.
“The Right to Vote?: A History of American Voter Suppression.” Pegasus Magazine, March 10, 2022. https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/the-right-to-vote/.
This article goes into detail about how African Americans have been discriminated against throughout time, specifically voter rights.
“Voting Rights for African Americans: The Right to Vote: Elections: Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress: Library of Congress.” The Library of Congress. Accessed October 27, 2023. https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/elections/right-to-vote/voting-rights-for-african-americans/.
This citation goes into detail about the history of African-American voting rights.
O’ROURKE, BETO. We’ve Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible. FLATIRON BOOKS, 2023.
This book goes into detail about what happens specifically after the passing of the Voting Rights Act.
Keyssar, Alexander. The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States. Basic Books, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2009.
This book goes into detail about the suffrage that happened during the fight for voting rights,
Berman, Ari. Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America. Picador USA, 2016.
This book shows how Nixon grew up to be a Voting Rights Activist.
“Read Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech in Its Entirety.” NPR, January 16, 2023. https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety.
This citation is Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech.
Eyes on the Prize, n.d.
This is a television documented series that highlights parts of the civil rights movement with interviews, footage, and photos.