This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Supreme Court issued a ruling yesterday in Louisiana v. Callais that renders Louisana’s voting map invalid and effectively guts the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , which prohibited racial discrimination in voting and called for federal oversight to prevent states with histories of disenfranchisement from enacting discriminatory election laws. Here are five books to help you understand the background of the Voting Rights Act and the ways this ruling, the result of a decades-long effort by conservatives, will change the landscape of American democracy. Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman The culmination of extended, focused activism, the Voting Rights Act radically transformed American democracy and was met with an immediate counter-movement by groups that wanted to limit its scope and impact.…