Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Endorsements 5
3. Preface 7
4. Acknowledgements
5. Contents 15
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Evolution of the Right to Vote and the Youth Vote: The First and Second Reconstruction 11
8. 2 Civic Actors and Student Voting 53
9. 3 Tuskegee Institute and the Struggle for African American Voting Rights 77
10. 4 The Prairie View Paradox: Age, Race, and the Evolving/Changing Landscape of Student Voting Rights at an HBCU in Texas 111
11. 5 The Road to Democracy: How the Gerrymandering of North Carolina A&T State University Transformed Politics and Protest at the Nation’s Largest HBCU 145
12. 6 Bard College: Jim Crow in Dutchess County 173
13. 7 Lessons Learned: Summary of the Cases 205
14. 8 A Practical Guide to Encouraging Student Voting 231
15. Conclusion: From the 26th Amendment to the 2024 Election and Beyond 267
16. Afterword: Reflections on the Course “Student Voting: Power, Politics, and Race in the Fight for American Democracy” 285
17. Index