[WardFive] National Press Club's "The Voting Rights War" book talk. October 18th, 6:30pm (order tickets now)

 

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Award-winning journalist, NPC member plans Book Rap on voting rights

 

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, an award-winning legal correspondent and National Press Club member, plans to discuss her book The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Fight for Justice on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the NPC's Conference Rooms.

 

The Book Rap is $5 for Press Club members, $10 for non-members. Tickets and books can be purchased here. (http://www.press.org/events/npc-book-rap-featuring-gloria-j-browne-marshall-and-voting-rights-war) This event is a fundraiser for the non-profit National Press Club Journalism Institute so no outside books or memorabilia are allowed.

 

The Voting Rights War examines voter laws posing challenges to American voters -- especially African-Americans -- from slavery through current controversies of voter suppression, including grandfather clauses, literacy tests, felony disenfranchisement and photo identification requirements. It focuses on the NAACP's century-long struggle to achieve voting equality through efforts on the ground and in court, and the organization's often contentious relationship with the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

An engaging and accessible read, The Voting Rights War tells the story of the civil-rights attorneys who fought in court as well as the foot soldiers who paid for voting rights with their lives.

 

The Voting Rights War discusses the broader context of voting rights, how they are connected to political power, and what's at stake in the upcoming election.

Browne-Marshall is associate professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of the City University of New York and a civil-rights attorney. She reports on the U.S. Supreme Court in her award-winning syndicated newspaper column and hosts the weekly radio program "Law of the Land with Gloria J. Browne-Marshall." She is a playwright and the author of Race, Law, and American Society. Her weekly columns on the Supreme Court are syndicated nationwide. She has provided commentary for BBC, CNN, CBS, NPR, and C-SPAN.