Voting Rights: The Big Picture (ft. Carol Anderson)

Now & Then

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News, Society & Culture, History, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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On this episode of Now & Then, “Voting Rights: The Big Picture,” Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman talk about the history of voter suppression with Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University and author of One Person No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy and The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America. The trio discuss the concept of the “consent of the governed” during the founding period, the emergence of Jim Crow laws after the Civil War, and the evolution of voting suppression efforts in the modern era. How have politicians justified restrictive voting policies? How do these policies damage American democracy? And what strategies might protect the franchise today? This episode was recorded before a live audience on Zoom and Facebook on October 21st, 2021. Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. And for a limited time, use the code HISTORY for 50% off the annual membership price. Head to: www.cafe.com/history. For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/voting-rights-the-big-picture-ft-carol-anderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:23.0	I'm Heather Cox Richardson and I'm Joanne Freeman. Welcome to this live taping.
1:29.0	We are so very excited to be joined this evening by the incredible Professor Carol Anderson.
1:36.0	She is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory University.
1:41.0	And she's the author of five fabulous books, including one person no vote, how voter suppression is destroying our democracy, white rage,
1:51.0	the unspoken truth of our racial divide. And this year's book, The Second, race and guns in a fatally unequal America.
2:00.0	And Joanne and I figure that if we're going to go with guests, we ought to start with the best.
2:05.0	So we picked Carol. Thank you so much for being here with us, Carol.
2:09.0	Oh, thank you so much for inviting me. I'm looking forward to this conversation.
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