Documentary on 'The Right to Vote'

Cleveland voting
Voters wait in front of the Mt. Pleasant Library Nov. 6, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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A documentary from WGBH/Boston and the Humankind series on voting in the world's most prominent democracy.

From slaves freed after the Civil War, women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, Freedom Summer and the Voting Rights Act... to today's debate over voter identification, this documentary examines America's long battle over who may vote.