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Let my people vote : my battle to restore the civil rights of returning citizens
- Title
- Let my people vote : my battle to restore the civil rights of returning citizens / Desmond Meade.
- Author
- Meade, Desmond, 1967-
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 159 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Desmond Meade tells the story of his fight to pass Amendment 4 in Florida, which would restore voting rights to felons who have served their terms"--
- Subject
- Meade, Desmond, 1967-
- Ex-convicts > Civil rights > Florida
- Ex-convicts > Legal status, laws, etc. > Florida
- Political rights, Loss of > United States > States
- Ex-convicts > Suffrage > Florida
- Post-conviction remedies > Florida
- Ex-convicts > Florida > Biography
- Lawyers > Florida > Biography
- African American lawyers > Florida > Biography
- African American lawyers
- Ex-convicts
- Ex-convicts > Legal status, laws, etc
- Ex-convicts > Suffrage
- Lawyers
- Political rights, Loss of > U.S. states
- Post-conviction remedies
- Florida
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Contents
- Love has won the day -- The railroad tracks -- Searching for purpose -- Down on my knees -- A passion for the law -- Back to school -- Staying sober -- Community service is my lottery ticket -- Advocacy on another level -- David and Goliath -- A ballot initiative? -- Law school -- Wouldn't it be great if I made Dean's list? -- The greatest indicator of citizenship -- No man is an island -- Cooking up some gumbo -- Blood is thicker than water -- Let's rock this thing -- The home stretch -- Love will win the day.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-757
- ISBN
- 9780807062326
- 0807062324
- LCCN
- 2020022049
- OCLC
- 1156431581
- Author
- Meade, Desmond, 1967- author.
- Title
- Let my people vote : my battle to restore the civil rights of returning citizens / Desmond Meade.
- Publisher
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-757