Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Endorsements 5
2. Preface 7
3. Acknowledgements
4. Contents 15
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Evolution of the Right to Vote and the Youth Vote: The First and Second Reconstruction 11
7. 2 Civic Actors and Student Voting 53
8. 3 Tuskegee Institute and the Struggle for African American Voting Rights 77
9. 4 The Prairie View Paradox: Age, Race, and the Evolving/Changing Landscape of Student Voting Rights at an HBCU in Texas 111
10. 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
11. 6 Bard College: Jim Crow in Dutchess County 173
12. 7 Lessons Learned: Summary of the Cases 205
13. 8 A Practical Guide to Encouraging Student Voting 231
14. Conclusion: From the 26th Amendment to the 2024 Election and Beyond 267
15. Afterword: Reflections on the Course “Student Voting: Power, Politics, and Race in the Fight for American Democracy” 285
16. Index