Jonathan Becker’s New Book on Youth Voting Rights Featured in Multiple Publications

Jonathan Becker, vice president for Academic Affairs and director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, has recently published articles and received coverage in multiple media outlets about his new book, Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses. The book, coedited by Becker and constitutional rights attorney Yael Bromberg, uses the history of the 26th Amendment and the ongoing fight to promote and defend youth voting rights as a prism through which to teach the history of the struggle for the fundamental right to vote in the United States. The book focuses on case studies of four institutions —Tuskegee University, Prairie View A&M University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Bard College—which offer unique insights into the role of college communities in the fight for suffrage, and their contributions to the evolution of the right to vote.

On November 18 at 5 pm, Upstate Films at the Starr Theater in Rhinebeck is hosting a special multi-media presentation of the book. Free tickets here. 

WAMC’s Roundtable: Jonathan Becker's new book is Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses

Inside Higher Ed: 4 Times Colleges Led the Fight for Voting Rights

Talking Points Memo: Inside the GOP’s Assault on Youth Voting Rights

The Nation: The Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses

Post Date: 11-18-2025