Defense of Youth Voting Rights and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses
Thursday, January 29, 2026
12:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Online Event
Join AltLiberalArts for an engaging webinar with Jonathan Becker, vice president for academic affairs and director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, Yael Bromberg, constitutional rights litigator, leading legal scholar of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and Erin Cannan, Bard College’s vice president for civic engagement, as they discuss key findings from the new book, Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses. The book examines powerful case studies from Tuskegee University, Prairie View A&M University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Bard College, highlighting the critical role college communities have played in the struggle for voting rights. In this webinar, the speakers will offer unique insights into how students and institutions have shaped the fight for suffrage and contributed to the ongoing evolution of voting rights in the United States. This conversation is essential for anyone interested in civic engagement, democracy, higher education, and civil rights history.
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