Tiffany D. Cross in Conversation With Elie Mystal

Black voters were critical to the Democrats’ 2018 blue wave. In fact, 90 percent of Black voters supported Democratic House candidates, compared to just 53 percent of all voters. Despite media narratives, this was not a fluke. Throughout U.S. history, Black people have played a crucial role in the shaping of the American experiment. Yet still, this powerful voting bloc is often dismissed as some “amorphous” deviation, argues political analyst Tiffany D. Cross. Say it Louder! (Amistad) is Cross’s explosive examination of how America’s composition was designed to exclude Black voters, but paradoxically would likely cease to exist without them. With multiple tentacles stretching into the cable news echo chamber, campaign leadership, and Black voter data, Cross creates a wrinkle in time with a reflective look at the timeless efforts endlessly attempting to deny people of color the right to vote — a basic tenet of American democracy. And yet as the demographics of the country are changing, so too is the electoral power construct — by evolution and by force, Cross declares. Cross will be joined in conversation by Elie Mystal, Justice Correspondent for The Nation.

Register for the Zoom event  /  Buy the Book