As you consider all of the issues and get ready to cast your vote, catch up on the Schomburg Center's and NYPL's digital materials.

VOTING AND VOTING RIGHTS 

Election Day 2020: Get Informed & Vote

NYPL's voting guide can help empower voters by helping you find the resources you need. Find your local polling site, information on filling out your ballot, and where you can turn to read up on the issues at stake this election season. Vote, and remind friends and family that Tuesday, November 3 is the last day to cast their ballots.
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Black Liberation Reading List

As you consider the issues at stake in the November 3 election, catch up on the Schomburg Center's recommended readings. Explore the Black Liberation Reading List, which includes book recommendations for adults, teens, and kids. These titles celebrate the Black experience, help foster understanding, teach important history, educate on current events, and will spark meaningful conversations.
Books for Adults
Books for Teens
Books For Kids
 

Black Women Front and Center and Behind-the-Scenes in Politics

Black women fought to secure all women's right to vote, advocated for civil rights, spoke out against police brutality, and pushed back against voter suppression. In this blog post by Lisa Herndon, communications and publications manager at the Schomburg Center, explore items from NYPL's Digital Collections and book recommendations to learn about legendary women such as Ella Baker and Mary McLeod Bethune, who moved the needle toward equality, and modern voices leading demands for justice, such as Carol Anderson and Patrisse Cullors.
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Black Ballots Mixtape

Hear their stories in their own words. The Black Ballots Mixtape blog features interviews and speeches by civil rights leaders such as Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, and Fannie Lou Hamer that highlight Black people’s fight for voting rights. Explore this 2016 audio compilation created by Andrea Battleground, a librarian in the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division at the Schomburg Center.
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The Tragedy of the Negro Collection

The Negro Disfranchised" is an illustration from the book The Tragedy of the Negro in America by the Rev. Peter Thomas Stanford (1860-1909), held in the Schomburg’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division. It depicts early voter suppression strategies employed against Black people.  The Schomburg Center's Digital Collections to learn more about the enslavement, sufferings, and progress of Black people in the U.S.
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