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Represent
- Author
- Marc Favreau
- Narrator
- Michael Eric Dyson
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 10 September 2024
- Run Time
- 4 hours 9 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: Social issues, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Politics, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Law, police and crime
What to expect
One of the most important and least understood true stories of our nation, the fight for representation is an ongoing and epic quest to build the democracy sketched out in the Constitution but unfinished in the twenty-first century. With impeccable research and exhilarating prose, Represent tells the story of voting rights in the United States from the American Revolution up to the present day.
Each chapter takes on a new battle between the forces of people power and forces opposed to it. Readers will meet champions of freedom, including formerly enslaved revolutionaries, a Chinese American teenager, a Lakota Sioux activist, Black World War II veterans, a Mexican American student, and others who fought for their right to vote.
Drawing clear lines from then to now, Represent weaves this important struggle into a single American drama that will help readers understand our past, present, and future.
Critics Review
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* “This lively, accessible, and inspiring history deserves a wide readership. A concise, readable account of the struggle for equality, freedom, and democracy in the U.S.” —Kirkus, starred review
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Details
- Author
- Marc Favreau
- Narrator
- Michael Eric Dyson
- Duration
- 4 hours 9 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 September 2024
- ISBN
- 9781668644065
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: Social issues, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Politics, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Law, police and crime
Synopsis
Read about the electrifying and continuing fight for voting rights—and discover your place in it—in this dramatic exploration of American democracy, from renowned thought leader Michael Eric Dyson and widely celebrated author Marc Favreau. One of the most important and least understood true stories of our nation, the fight for representation is an ongoing and epic quest to build the democracy sketched out in the Constitution but unfinished in the twenty-first century. With impeccable research and exhilarating prose, Represent tells the story of voting rights in the United States from the American Revolution up to the present day. Each chapter takes on a new battle between the forces of people power and forces opposed to it. Readers will meet champions of freedom, including formerly enslaved revolutionaries, a Chinese American teenager, a Lakota Sioux activist, Black World War II veterans, a Mexican American student, and others who fought for their right to vote. Drawing clear lines from then to now, Represent weaves this important struggle into a single American drama that will help readers understand our past, present, and future.
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