LEADER 02709nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910456709403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-22452-6 010 $a9786613224521 010 $a0-7391-4914-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000045187 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23062551 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000642871 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12221219 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642871 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10651790 035 $a(PQKB)10684679 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC744852 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL744852 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10492812 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322452 035 $a(OCoLC)746926915 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000045187 100 $a20110519d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhen the letter betrays the spirit$b[electronic resource] $evoting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama /$fTyson D. King-Meadows 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (374 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7391-4913-X 311 $a0-7391-4912-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Congressional authority and voting rights enforcement -- pt. 1. A retrospective and prospective look at the Voting Rights Act: Why discretion matters in voting rights enforcement ; Obama's inheritance: the Johnson framework, the VRA, and faith in federal power -- pt. 2. The challenge to congressional authority: Misdirection : political theatre and the 2006 reauthorization of section 5 ; Partisan spoils of office : a post-Shaw judicial philosophy of civic literacy ; Is "Bull Connor" dead? : contemporary public opinion on voting rights policy ; A battle of principals : Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush Administration -- pt. 3. A systems theory approach to enforcement: The macro-political context shaping enfranchisement, 2000-2008 ; Conclusion : regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xSuffrage$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSuffrage$xHistory. 676 $a342.73/072 700 $aKing-Meadows$b Tyson$f1972-$0912954 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456709403321 996 $aWhen the letter betrays the spirit$92044764 997 $aUNINA