The Hooks Institute Policy Papers
The Hooks Institute Policy Papers use national conversations about critical civil and human rights issues as a starting point to discuss and propose solutions to, contemporary issues of race, class, public policy, and social justice.
Printed copies of the Hooks Institute Policy Papers are available. Contact or 901.678.3974 for details.
Current Edition: Issue 1 (2020)
Full Issue
Let Every Voice Be Heard: Protecting the Right to Vote and American Democracy
The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change
Front Matter
Foreword
Daphene R. McFerren, Elena Delavega, and Daniel Kiel
Articles
Voting with Conviction: Voting Rights and Voting Restoration in Tennessee
Shanna Singh Hughey and Dawn Schluckebier
The Criminalization of the Ballot Box: Navigating the Rise of Voter Prosecutions, Charting a Path of Resistance
Mitchell Brown
#UPTheVote901 and the Fight for Democracy in Memphis/Shelby County
Earle Fisher and Sijuwola Crawford
