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



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Autore: Browne-Marshall Gloria J. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The voting rights war : the NAACP and the ongoing struggle for justice / / Gloria J. Browne-Marshall ; foreword by Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
Disciplina: 364.6/208996073
Soggetto topico: African Americans - Suffrage - History
African Americans - Civil rights - History
African Americans - Politics and government
Social justice - United States - History
Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations History
Classificazione: LAW013000HIS036060SOC026000
Persona (resp. second.): VivianC. T.
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"--
Titolo autorizzato: The voting rights war  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4422-6690-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814298203321
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