On Tuesday,
November 4th the state of Virginia will be holding elections. YOUR
Alexandria Campus Library wants you to know that the deadline to register to
vote in the upcoming election is Tuesday, October 14th. Interested
and eligible citizens can register to vote online, at local election offices,
at Department of Motor Vehicle Customer Service Centers, and at other Virginia government
agencies.
After you
register make sure to check out these five library resources that outline the
struggle for voting rights that included all American citizens.
Women in
this country have only had voting rights for 95 years. Let that sink in, and
then watch this inspirational film about the flinty women who bleed and fought
to change that.
One of the
lasting legacies of the student movements of the 1960s is the right for 18 year
olds to vote. Learn about the campaign for youth enfranchisement from
this book.
This
landmark legislation did much to make certain that disenfranchised populations were
offered the robust protections needed to protect their rights. Read about the
passionate civil rights campaigning undertaken in the South that prompted the
Johnson administration to draft and push through this act.
Use this
volume as a primer on joining voices to promote a cause in a representative
democracy.
This history outlines the social and political consequence of the passage of the
Voting Rights Act. Less violence, more voices.
YOUR
Alexandria campus library has many other books and films that outline the
battles fought in the name of political participation. So come in, check our
collections, educate yourself about the issues and candidates in this election, and read up on
our political system. Remember, if you
do vote on this November, you can take pride in exercising a right that
so many fought for and suffered to secure. Voting allows you to decide what matters to you and then to take action.
Need some
additional inspiration? Take it away, Little Jon.
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