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Let my people vote : my battle to restore the civil rights of returning citizens
- Author
- Meade, Desmond, 1967- author.
- Title
- Let my people vote : my battle to restore the civil rights of returning citizens / Desmond Meade.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
- Description
- xiv, 159 pages ; 24 cm
- Contents
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- 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.
- 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Subject headings
- 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.
- Genre heading
- Biographies. Biographies.
- ISBN
- 9780807062326 hardcover 0807062324 hardcover 9780807062555 electronic book