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Voting Rights: A Retrospective

Voting Rights: A Retrospective

Voting Rights: A Retrospective

This exhibit chronicles the ebb and flow of voting rights in America, from the Founding Era to the current day.
  • Founding Era

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    Voting Rights: A Retrospective

    Founding Era

    Founding Era

    • Illustration of the U.S. Constitution by the New York Times.

      Thomas Jefferson Gave the Constitution 19 Years. Look Where We Are Now.

      A meaningful new amendment hasn’t been passed in 50 years, and there is no prospect of reform anytime soon.
      by Jesse Wegman
    • The Tyranny of the Minority, from Iowa Caucus to Electoral College

      The problem of minority rule isn’t Trumpian or temporary; it’s bipartisan and enduring.
      by Corey Robin
  • Reconstruction

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  • Women's Suffrage

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  • Civil Rights Movement

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  • Voting Rights Today

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