In Search of Federal Enforcement [[electronic resource] ] : The Moral Authority of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Integrity of the Black Ballot, 1870-1965

• Autore: Holloway Vanessa A
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : UPA, 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (126 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.73072
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: <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 and offers keen observations about voting manipulations and electoral abuse by both government incumbents and private actors.</span></span>
• Altri titoli varianti: In Search of Federal Enforcement
• Titolo autorizzato: In Search of Federal Enforcement
• ISBN: 0-7618-6577-2; 0-7618-6576-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797267503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II