PRESALE: Reclaiming Democracy: A History of Voter Disenfranchisement and the Future of Voter Empowerment (Hardcover Coffee Table Book)

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Reclaiming Democracy: A History of Voter Disenfranchisement and the Future of Voter Empowerment explores the precariousness of voting rights for Black people in America, the group that has historically faced the most discernible and pernicious obstacles to voting in the country. Through essays, primary sources, literature, photography, and more, this work tells the story of how and why African Americans were disenfranchised. It focuses on the strategic measures that they, and others, have undertaken to create a just and inclusive democracy in which voting should be a central and unencumbered hallmark of freedom and citizenship. Their struggles laid a foundation to protect the voting rights of many groups. Voting remains a continuously contested right today, and African Americans are often disproportionately impacted by voter restriction measures. This volume is designed to serve as a teaching tool about history, as well as a handbook for the creation of voting justice. History serves as both primer and prologue for organizations and individuals interested in ensuring that voting becomes an accessible attribute of democracy.

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• 170 Pages: Featuring a blend of essays and photography

• Hardcover: Premium, durable binding

• Overall Dimensions: 12”w x 9.5”h

• Versatile: Makes a great gift or a robust classroom learning tool

• Display: Perfectly suited as a sophisticated coffee table centerpiece

Editors: 

Terry Anne Scott

Victoria Elias

Devon Geary

Featured Contributors: 

KEISHA N. BLAIN is Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University and an award-winning historian of twentieth-century United States history. She is the author and editor of eight books, including Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights (W.W. Norton, 2025), a New York Times bestseller.

HASAN KWAME JEFFRIES is a historian and public intellectual whose work explores the African American freedom movement and the enduring struggle for democracy in the United States. He is the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Associate Professor of History at The Ohio State University and the author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt.

YOHURU WILLIAMS is Distinguished University Chair, Professor of History, and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

BOB ZELLNER has been an organizer in the Civil Rights Movement from the 1960s to today. A participant in the Freedom Rides of 1961 and the first white Southerner to serve as a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), he worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Rosa Parks, and many other civil rights leaders.

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