Say It Louder! - Black Voters, Voices & the Shaping of American Democracy

A breakout media and political analyst delivers a sweeping snapshot of American Democracy and the role that African Americans have played in its shaping while offering concrete information to help harness the electoral power of the country's rising majority and exposing political forces aligned to subvert and suppress Black voters. Black voters were critical to the Democrats' 2018 blue wave. In fact, 90 percent of Black voters supported Democratic House candidates, compared to just 53 percent of all voters. Despite media narratives, this was not a fluke. Throughout U.S. history, Black people have played a crucial role in the shaping of the American experiment. Yet still, this powerful voting bloc is often dismissed as some "amorphous" deviation, argues Tiffany Cross. Say It Loud! is her explosive examination of how America's composition was designed to exclude Black voters, but paradoxically would likely cease to exist without them. With multiple tentacles stretching into the cable news echo chamber, campaign leadership, and Black voter data, Cross creates a wrinkle in time with a reflective look at the timeless efforts endlessly attempting to deny people of color the right to vote--a basic tenet of American democracy. And yet as the demographics of the country are changing, so too is the electoral power construct--by evolution and by force, Cross declares. Grounded in the most-up-to-date research, Say It Loud! is a vital tool for a wide swath of constituencies.

Product details

• Authors: Tiffany Cross
• Publisher: Amistad
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780062976765
• ISBN: 978-0-06-297676-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, HISTORY: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, HISTORY: 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN, POLITICAL SCIENCE: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Human Rights, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY, WOMEN'S STUDIES: POLITICAL SCIENCE, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: SOCIAL SCIENCE, POLITICAL SCIENCE: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Discrimination, POLITICAL SCIENCE: POLITICAL ADVOCACY