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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Frost, Jennifer (1961-....)
Titre(s) : "Let us vote!" [Texte imprimé] : youth voting rights and the 26th amendment / Jennifer Frost
Publication : New York, N.Y. : NYU Press, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-373 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
""Let Us Vote" tells the story of the multifaceted endeavor to achieve youth voting
rights in the United States. Over a thirty-year period from World War II to the early
1970s, Americans, old and young, Democrat and Republican, in politics and culture
built a movement and momentum for the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution. This
amendment gave the right to vote to 18, 19, and 20-year olds in 1971, and it was the
last time that the United States significantly expanded voting rights. The 26th Amendment
means a major expansion of American democracy came right end of "the sixties." Progress
toward achieving youth suffrage built on the decade's many developments, most importantly
the movement and legislation for African-American civil and voting rights. This story
illuminates the process of achieving political change, with the convergence of "top-down"
initiative and "bottom-up" mobilization, coalition-building, multiple arguments, and
strategic flexibility leading to success. Supporters came from a broad, bipartisan
group of Americans and achieved a constitutional amendment that benefited every constituency
in the nation. With the 50th anniversary of this important constitutional amendment
this year [2021], and as calls for lowering the voting age to sixteen multiply today
within the context of climate crisis, gun violence, and police brutality-all of which
affect young people disproportionately-the 26th Amendment deserves our attention,
application, and appreciation"
Sujet(s) : États-Unis. Constitution. 26th Amendment
Jeunesse -- Activité politique -- États-Unis -- 1945-1990
Âge de voter -- États-Unis -- 1945-1990
Histoire constitutionnelle -- États-Unis
Indice(s) Dewey :
324.620 8350973 (23e éd.) = Suffrage - Étude en relation avec les jeunes de douze à vingt ans - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781479811328. - ISBN 1479811327 (rel.). - ISBN 9781479811342 (erroné). - ISBN
9781479811335 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46820799x
Notice n° :
FRBNF46820799
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Abbreviations ; Introduction : "we're old enough so let us vote" ; Part I : "it's
been a long time gettin' here," 1942-1962 ; Franchise of freedom ; Youth's own future
; Make democracy live ; Change Is in the air ; Part II : "a change is comin' and
it's very near," 1963-1967 ; Agenda for a generation ; Consent of the governed
; Challenge of citizenship ; This Is democracy? ; Part III : "it's time that we
all made a contribution," 1968-1969 ; Turning Point '68 ; We can vote them out
; It's about time ; Where It's at ; Part IV : "come on and let us vote-it's a solution,"
1970-1971 ; The hour Is striking ; Enfranchised? ; A step forward ; On account
of age ; Conclusion : "talking 'bout you and me changin' things peacefully" ; Acknowledgments
; Appendix : youth suffrage in states and territories, 1943-1971.
