Introduction -- Note: the case for democracy -- Lessons from the past. Rebellion: how white men won the vote ; A moment in the sun: how black men won the vote, and white men stole it ; Resistance and realpolitik: how women won the vote ; Revolution: how black Americans won the vote, and made America a democracy -- The crisis of the present. Backlash to a black president: the Obama years ; Democracy in descent: the Trump years -- A more perfect future. Making it easier to vote ; Making it harder to suppress the vote ; Saving Congress ; Saving the presidency ; Saving the court

Chronicles the dramatic history of the vote in America and presents an urgent summons to protect and perfect democracy, from the former Attorney General of the United States and a leading voting rights advocate