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Additional authors

1. Dyson, Michael Eric

Description

1. xiii, 240 pages; 21 cm

Summary

1. A Washington D.C. insider discusses both the historical and current influence of African Americans in our electoral process and offers ideas for how they can use their rising power to affect elections and overcome voter suppression efforts.
2. Black voters were critical to the Democrats' 2018 blue wave. In fact, 90 percent of Black voters supported Democratic House candidates, compared to just 53 percent of all voters. Despite media narratives, this was not a fluke. Throughout U.S. history, Black people have played a crucial role in the shaping of the American experiment. Yet still, this powerful voting bloc is often dismissed as some "amorphous" deviation, argues Tiffany Cross. Say It Louder! is her explosive examination of how America's composition was designed to exclude Black voters, but paradoxically would likely cease to exist without them. With multiple tentacles stretching into the cable news echo chamber, campaign leadership, and Black voter data, Cross creates a wrinkle in time with a reflective look at the timeless efforts endlessly attempting to deny people of color the right to vote--a basic tenet of American democracy. And yet as the demographics of the country are changing, so too is the electoral power construct--by evolution and by force, Cross declares. Grounded in the most-up-to-date research, Say It Louder! is a vital tool for a wide swath of constituencies.--Amazon.

Subject

1. Voting > Corrupt practices > United States
2. African Americans > Suffrage
3. African Americans > Political activity
4. Suffrage > United States
5. Voting registers > United States
6. Racism > Political aspects > United States
7. Political participation > United States
8. Democracy > United States
9. Suffrage
10. Race relations > Political aspects
11. Politics and government
12. Political participation
13. Democracy
14. African Americans
15. Racism > Political aspects
16. Voting registers
17. United States > Race relations > Political aspects
18. United States > Politics and government
19. United States

Contents

1. Foreword: Bearing the cross / Michael Eric Dyson -- Introduction -- How I got here. For colored girls who consider journalism when twitter is not enough ; I'm beat! ; Ring the alarm! -- How WE got here. The Trump card ; The red summer ; White economic anxiety in West Virginia [crossed out] Black economic anxiety in Michigan ; Georgia outkasts ; Ohio and the purge ; Florida man ; You down with GOP? ; Silencing Black women ; Kamala's campaign -- Where we need to go. If you don't vote, you don't count? ; Fade to Black.

Call number

1. Sc D 21-433

Author

1. Cross, Tiffany D., 1979- author.

Title

1. Say it louder! : black voters, white narratives, and saving our democracy / Tiffany D. Cross ; foreword by Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Copyright date

1. ©2020

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Local note

1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
2. AUTH: HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL. EXAMINES CONTEMPORARY VOTER SUPPRESSION/CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS, ETC.

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Dyson, Michael Eric, writer of foreword.

ISBN

1. 9780062976772 (hardcover)
2. 006297677X (hardcover)

Research call number

1. Sc D 21-433