The Right to Vote, pt. 1
An episode of the Humankind on Public Radio podcast, hosted by David Freudberg, titled "The Right to Vote, pt. 1" was published on September 30, 2016 and runs 30 minutes.
September 30, 2016 ·30m · Humankind on Public Radio
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Episode Description
A fascinating history of the much-contested right to vote in America: from slaves freed after the Civil War, to women’s suffrage, to the civil rights movement. Included is the moving first-person story of a young woman who participated in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer project for voter registration of African Americans.
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