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Jonathan Becker’s New Book on Youth Voting Rights Featured in Multiple Publications

Faculty from “Student Voting: Power, Politics and Race in the Fight for American Democracy,” HBCU Democracy Day at North Carolina A&T State University, October 16, 2024 (from left: Jelani Favors, Melanye Price, Lisa Bratton, Yael Bromberg, and Jonathan Becker). Photo courtesy of Seamus Heady.

The newly released book Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses, co-edited by Jonathan Becker and Yael Bromberg, demonstrates the power of coalition building in the face of voter suppression, particularly across generations and institutional actors. Built upon the network collaborative course The Struggle for Voting Rights at Colleges, this GHEA21 initiative highlights the issue of voter suppression through a combination of coursework, video and written case studies, and the culminating book, all available as open educational resources.

“The current moment represents, in many ways, the antithesis of the idealistic spirit which marked the start of my professional career. One can only hope that the lessons from the class and in this book, culled from generations of engaged and determined students, faculty, administrators, and their allies, will help highlight the path to a better and more democratic future.”
– Jonathan Becker