Evette Dionne, editor-in-chief of Bitch Media and author of Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box, discusses her Coretta Scott King Author Honor...
Virginia Humanities
The council developed audio and digital programming, focusing on three themes: 1) voting, 2) voting rights, and 3) civic engagement. Three With Good Reason radio episodes and three Festival of the Book virtual events focused on key issues and historical and contemporary challenges to voting in a democratic America and featured high-profile authors and scholars.
With Good Reason · Who Votes? Remember those twelve months where every ad was asking you to vote? It was inescapable. Gilda Pedraza and her team worked around the clock...
Author Interview, Criminal Legal System, Virginia Humanities
Felon: A Reading & Conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts
From Virginia Festival of the Book by Virginia Humanities On February 4, poet Reginald Dwayne Betts discussed his latest collection, Felon, in a reading and conversation...
With Good Reason · Expanding The Franchise Dwayne Betts was only a teenager when he was convicted of carjacking and sentenced to 9 years in prison. Today, he’s an...
Author Interview, Voting Rights, Virginia Humanities
Vote! Gilda Daniels and the #1 Antidote to Voter Suppression
From Virginia Festival of the Book by Virginia Humanities On October 28, law professor and former U.S. Department of Justice attorney Gilda Daniels (Uncounted: The...
With Good Reason · The Pandemic Election If you think poll taxes and literacy tests are voting barriers of the past, think again. Gilda Daniels’ new book Uncounted:...
