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Eric Holder is a civil rights leader who is chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. He served as the eighty-second attorney general of the United States, the first African American to hold that office. Now a senior counsel at Covington & Burling, he lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Dr. Sharon Malone, andthey havethree children. Sam Koppelman is a New York Times bestselling author who served as director of surrogate speechwriting on the Biden-Harris campaign.A graduate of Harvard College, he has spent half a decade at Fenway Strategies, telling the stories of people working to make the world a better place. Sam lives in New York, where he was born and raised, and is in a toxic relationship with the Knicks.
In this analytical call-to-action, former U.S. attorney general Holder charts the history of voter discrimination. [Holder notes] that since the Supreme Court 'gutted' the Voting Rights Act in 2013, more than two dozen states 'have instituted draconian anti-voting laws that clearly and intentionally have a disproportionate impact on communities of color.' . . . Lucid history lessons and concrete solutions make this an essential primer on a hot-button political issue. -Publishers Weekly The former attorney general lays out the extraordinary challenges minority voters face with Republican efforts at voter suppression. As Holder notes, we are in the midst of 'a crisis unlike any we've faced since the signing of the Voting Rights Act [of 1965]: American democracy is on the brink of collapse.' . . . Holder writes critically, but he also offers a positive program for change that insists that only by popular actions, such as voter drives and demands for electoral fairness on the part of elected officials, will that change come. . . . A powerful defense of democracy coupled with a thoughtful survey of the struggle for civil rights. -Kirkus Reviews Based on his direct experiences as the first Black U.S. attorney general, working under the first Black U.S. president, Holder describes the ongoing threats against U.S. democracy and, responding to policy changes leading to voter suppression, argues for new protective measures and processes to safeguard and expand voting rights for millions of Americans. Readers will find important, compelling episodes in U.S. history and politics, along with hope for the future in the form of the opportunities Holder outlines for challenging voter suppression and other threats to our democracy. -Booklist
