"Let Us Vote!" : Youth Voting Rights and the 26th Amendment /

""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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Frost, Jennifer, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : NYU Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Youth > Political activity.
Voting age.
Voting.
Politics and government.
Political culture.
Âge de voter > États-Unis.
Jeunesse > Activite politique > États-Unis.
Vote > États-Unis.
Political culture > United States.
Voting age > United States.
Youth > Political activity > United States.
Voting > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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