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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814298203321

Autore

Browne-Marshall Gloria J.

Titolo

The voting rights war : the NAACP and the ongoing struggle for justice / / Gloria J. Browne-Marshall ; foreword by Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-6690-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Classificazione

LAW013000HIS036060SOC026000

Disciplina

364.6/208996073

Soggetti

African Americans - Suffrage - History

African Americans - Civil rights - History

African Americans - Politics and government

Social justice - United States - History

United States Race relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Time-line of Selected Events and Cases -- One. Born of Bloodshed -- Two. Earning the Vote -- Three. Our First Victory : The Grandfather Clause -- Four. White-Only Primaries -- Five. Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests -- Six. The Voting Rights Act -- Seven. Vote Dilution and Photo Identification Laws -- Appendix A: President Lyndon Baines Johnson Addresses Congress on Passage of the Voting Rights Act -- Appendix B: Memorandum for Mr. Shillady on Negro Suffrage and Disfranchisement.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Voting Rights War tells the story of the ongoing struggle to achieve voting equality through 100 years of work by the NAACP at the Supreme Court. From Plessy v. Ferguson through today's conflicts around voter suppression, the book highlights the challenges facing African American voters and the work of the NAACP"--