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UNINA9910797267503321 |
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Autore |
Holloway Vanessa A |
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Titolo |
In Search of Federal Enforcement [[electronic resource] ] : The Moral Authority of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Integrity of the Black Ballot, 1870-1965 |
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ISBN |
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0-7618-6577-2 |
0-7618-6576-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (126 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
African Americans - Suffrage - History - 19th century - United States |
African Americans - Suffrage - History - 20th century - United States |
Voting - History - 19th century |
Voting - History - 20th Century |
Political Rights - U.S |
Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., General |
Constitutional Law - U.S |
Government - U.S |
Law - U.S |
Law, Politics & Government |
United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Protecting Local Credos, Protecting Whiteness; 2 The "Do-Nothing Congresses"; 3 The Wrong Kind of Politics; 4 Voting Rights, Voting Wrongs; 5 Ensuing Challenges, Which Way Is to Daylight?; Appendix A; Appendix B; Selected Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<span><span>This book</span><span style=""font-style:italic;""> </span><span>is a call to investigate the history of federal oversight to secure and preserve black Americans' voting rights over a ninety-five-year interregnum. Holloway confronts this historical conundrum |
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