We've Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible
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- Create Date：2022-08-14 17:21:40
- Update Date：2025-09-08
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- Author：Beto O'Rourke
- ISBN：1250852455
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Reviews
Roxanne
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This was a very interesting and informative book。 Having lived in Calif for most of my life I did no9t know much about the history of Texas。 The book talks about Dr Lawrence Aaron Nixon and he grew up in west Texas。 He was the son of a slave。 He later moved to El Paso and became an civil rights leader， he fought against the all white primary and advocated for voting rights for all。 He fought for 20 years to give voters the right to vote。 I feel the right to vote will a struggle for years to come This was a very interesting and informative book。 Having lived in Calif for most of my life I did no9t know much about the history of Texas。 The book talks about Dr Lawrence Aaron Nixon and he grew up in west Texas。 He was the son of a slave。 He later moved to El Paso and became an civil rights leader， he fought against the all white primary and advocated for voting rights for all。 He fought for 20 years to give voters the right to vote。 I feel the right to vote will a struggle for years to come because someone will try to change the rules to exclude people from voting。 I cannot believe this is still the case in 2022。 This books also talks about the Rio Grande border issues， and overcoming obstacles and encourages people in their community to run for office and make a difference。 I learned a lot form this book。 。。。more
Zachary
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Starting this book， I honestly did not have high hopes。 It exceeded all my expectations。 O'Rourke does an excellent job of illustrating points through stories from many periods in US history。 Through those stories， the book points out the ongoing threat to democracy in a way that gives hope。 This is an excellent book。Unfortunately， for some reason， none of the endnotes are placed correctly。 Rather than at the end of sentences， they are primarily after the first word， that got annoying。 Starting this book， I honestly did not have high hopes。 It exceeded all my expectations。 O'Rourke does an excellent job of illustrating points through stories from many periods in US history。 Through those stories， the book points out the ongoing threat to democracy in a way that gives hope。 This is an excellent book。Unfortunately， for some reason， none of the endnotes are placed correctly。 Rather than at the end of sentences， they are primarily after the first word， that got annoying。 。。。more
Rick Burcik
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When I hear the name Beto O'Rouke I immediately think of that idiot riding a skateboard into a campaign event， so I had very low expectations for his new book， "We've Got to Try，" but I was pleasantly surprised。 If you are interested in the history of Black voting rights in the South after emancipation and during Jim Crow， this is a book that you will want to read。 When I hear the name Beto O'Rouke I immediately think of that idiot riding a skateboard into a campaign event， so I had very low expectations for his new book， "We've Got to Try，" but I was pleasantly surprised。 If you are interested in the history of Black voting rights in the South after emancipation and during Jim Crow， this is a book that you will want to read。 。。。more
Pamela
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This book was such a pleasant surprise！ To be honest， I didn’t have high expectations for a book about voting。 I was only interested because of the travel and storytelling aspects。 I loved the book and thought it was well-written and thoroughly engaging。 I love history books and this one was full of history that I haven’t come across in other books。 It also made me think about voting and race relations in new ways。 As a retired educator， I think this would be an excellent book for discussion in This book was such a pleasant surprise！ To be honest， I didn’t have high expectations for a book about voting。 I was only interested because of the travel and storytelling aspects。 I loved the book and thought it was well-written and thoroughly engaging。 I love history books and this one was full of history that I haven’t come across in other books。 It also made me think about voting and race relations in new ways。 As a retired educator， I think this would be an excellent book for discussion in high school history classes。 I feel like a better human for having read this book！ Highly recommend！ 。。。more
Katy
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