Sky News
Selma's Impact Felt Amid Modern Race Tensions
Selma's Impact Felt Amid Modern Race Tensions
Curated Video
Economist Intelligence Unit Report: America Is A "Flawed Democracy"
The United States is considered a "flawed" democracy by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Curated Video
Indigenous, Native American Tribes' Are Pushing For Voting Rights
The Native American Rights fund says across the board there are many barriers to voting.
Bloomberg
The Rise of Celebrity-Driven Voting
Oct.19 -- Debra Cleaver, founder and chief executive officer of Vote.org, discusses online efforts to increase U.S. voter participation with Bloomberg's Brad Stone on "Bloomberg Technology."
Curated Video
Martin Luther King III Advocates For Voting Rights Legislation
The "March On for Voting Rights" comes days after the House passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
PBS
Sojourner Truth | Abolitionist and Women’s Rights Activist Video
Talk about perseverance! Introduce young historians to Sojourner Truth with a richly detailed lesson plan that includes a video overview of Truth's life, background vocabulary, as well as before and after viewing discussion questions. A...
PBS
Mary Church Terrell | Unladylike2020
Catalytic events wake people up. For Mary Church Terrell the lynching of her friend Thomas Moss lead to her involvement in the catalytic events of suffrage, anti-lynching, and desegregation. Learn more about this amazing woman and her...
PBS
Should We Make Voting Mandatory? | America From Scratch
The question in this episode of the PBS series "America From Scratch" series is whether voting in the United States should be mandatory. After listening to varying points of view on the question, viewers are asked to cast their own vote...
PBS
Should the U.S. Require Half Its Government to Be Female? | America From Scratch
If you had the opportunity to change the format of the United States government, what changes would you make? That is the question asked by PBS's "America From Scratch" series. Would you require that half of the government be female?...
PBS
Should 12-Year-Olds Be Allowed to Vote? | America From Scratch
"The America From Scratch" series asks viewers to consider what they would change about the United States government if the Constitution were to redrafted, drawn again from scratch. In this episode, the narrator questions adults and...
PBS
The Fight for Full Access to Voting Rights Continues | Carrie Chapman Catt
"Hard Won, Not Done" is the big idea behind a short PBS video that celebrates the efforts of early suffragists like Carrie Chapman Catt and underscores the work that still needs to be done to ensure voting rights for all U.S. citizens.
C-SPAN
On This Day: 26th Amendment is passed by Congress
The Twenty-sixth Amendment greatly altered voting rights in the United States. Engaging video clips explain why the amendment was created and how it has impacted voter turnout over the years.
C-SPAN
On This Day: Selma, AL and "Bloody Sunday"
March 7, 1965 forever changed the lives of African American activists in Selma, Alabama, when a peaceful protest turned deadly. Young academics learn about the 1965 non-violent march of African American activists that ended in the...
PBS
Voter Mobilization in Texas
Henry B. Gonzalez, José Luis Guttierez, and Willie Velasquez are the focus of a video that spotlights the contributions the three individuals made for the Chicano population. Actual footage alongside passionate interviews from family...
Curated OER
Voting Rights Act of 1965
If African Americans were given the right to vote after the Civil War (in 1865), why were they still fighting for it in 1965? Change can be difficult to accept, and many people were still angered at the rights African Americans gained...
Curated OER
Barack Obama Biography
Yes, we can! To yes, he did! This five-minute video, produced by the Obama Exploratory Committee, takes a sympathetic look at Barack Obama's life, from his childhood to his political life and run for the presidency.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 19: Voting and Women
Although woman suffragists had long been supporters of the anti-slavery cause, they were denied the right to vote in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 15: Voting Rights Act of 1965
Today we discuss the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 16: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Today
On today's podcast, we discuss how the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is applied today. This episode originally aired in November 2011.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Expanding Suffrage
There were a number of constitutional amendments that expanded the right to vote.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Introduction to Voting Rights
The right to vote is now given to most adults in the United States but this was not always the case.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Voting Rights in the American Colonies
The right to vote in the American colonies was limited to property owners, and although a wider subset of the population could vote than in Britain, many groups were still excluded.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Deciding Who Can Vote
The Constitutional Convention left it to the states to decide who was eligible to vote.This meant that struggles to win the right to vote first happened in individual states.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 29: The Right to Vote Is Not Universal
Some citizens of the United States generally do not qualify to vote in national elections.