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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822010703321

Titolo

Race, voting, redistricting, and the constitution : sources and explorations on the Fifteenth Amendment / / edited with introductions by Marsha J. Tyson Darling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-135-73045-8

1-315-05495-7

1-135-73038-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (515 p.)

Collana

Controversies in constitutional law

Altri autori (Persone)

DarlingMarsha J. Tyson (Marsha Jean Tyson)

Disciplina

342.73/07

342.7307

Soggetti

Election districts - United States

Apportionment (Election law) - United States

Gerrymandering - United States

Voting - United States

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Tableof Contents; Series Introduction; Volume Introduction; Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act; Hearings Before the Civil Rights Oversight Subcommittee on the Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.; Testimony of Aaron Henry et al., NAACP; Hearings Before the Civil Rights Oversight Subcommittee on the Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.; Testimony of John Lewis, Director, Voter EducationProject; Hearings Before the Civil Rights Oversight Subcommittee on the Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.

Testimony of Armand Derfner et al., Lawyer'sCommittee for Civil Rights Under LawTestimony of, and Brief Submitted by, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.; Joseph L. Rauh etal., Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Correspondence:Frank R. Parker, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, to Hon. Don Edwards, May 19, 1971; Correspondence: Hon. Don Edwards, Chairman, Civil Rights Oversight Subcommittee, to David L. Norman, Acting Assistant Attorney



General, Civil Rights Division, June 1, 1971

Correspondence: David L. Norman, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division,reply to Hon. Don Edwards, Chairman, Civil Rights Oversight Subcommittee and ""Current Registration in Mississippi Counties""Amendments to the Voting Rights Act; Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary on Amendments to the Voting Rights Act,1970; Statement of Hon. Barry Goldwater; Voting Rights Act Extension, House of Representatives, 94th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 94-196, May 8, 1975

Alternative Voting Systems as Remedies for Unlawful At-Large SystemThe 1982 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act: A Legislative History; The Constitutional Imperative of Proportional Representation; Geometry and Geography: Racial Gerrymandering and the Voting Rights Act; The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons: Citizenship, Criminality, and the ""Purity of the Ballot Box""; The Myth of Colorblindness; Book Review: Without Fear and Without Research: Abigail Thernstrom on the Voting Rights Act; Keeping the Courts Honest: The Role of Historians as Expert Witnesses in Southern Voting Rights Cases

Copyright Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.