One Person, No Vote (YA edition): How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally

In the young adult adaptation of Carol Anderson’s New York Times best-seller One Person, No Vote, readers encounter the history, the statistics, and the possible solutions for voter suppression in the United States.

As the jacket explains, when a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision (known as the Shelby ruling) undid the protections offered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the floodgates opened to voter suppression on a whole new scale. From photo ID requirements to gerrymandering and poll closures, this book explores the ways that racist political maneuverings work to limit voting rights — and the ways that activists are fighting to restore them

Complete with a discussion guide, photographs, and information about becoming involved as a teen during elections, this is an essential explanation of the history of voting rights — and a call to action for a better future. [Description from the publisher.]

ISBN : 9781547601530 | Bloomsbury

In 2023, a complaint filed in Clay County School District (Florida) against One Person, No Vote stating that the book “preaches victimhood and oppression,” has “blatant lies,” and “is CRT.” They said that the result of students reading the book would be “damaged souls.”

While the book has been reshelved following a review, vitriolic challenges like this one have a chilling effect on publishers and librarians when considering titles that address the long and ongoing fight for voting rights.