num_pages: 48
description: Learn all about the history of voting rights in the United Statesfrom our nations founding to the present day.A right isnt righttill its granted to allThe founders of the United States declared that consent of the governed was a key part of their plan for the new nation. But for many years only white men of means were allowed to vote. This history of voting rights looks back at the activists who answered equalitys call working tirelessly to secure the right for all to vote and it also looks forward to the future and the work that still needs to be done.
language: English
title: Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America
publisher: Beach Lane Books