Southern Judges and Negro Voting Rights
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Page : 31 pages
File Size : 34,4 MB
Release : 1965
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Page : 31 pages
File Size : 34,4 MB
Release : 1965
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Author : Charles V. Hamilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release : 1973
Category : History
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Non-Aboriginal material.
Author : Steven F. Lawson
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739100875
Black Ballots is an in-depth look at suffrage expansion in the South from World War II through the Johnson administration. Steven Lawson focuses on the "Second Reconstruction"-the struggle of blacks to gain political power in the South through the ballot-which both whites and black perceived to be a key element in the civil rights process. Examining the struggle of civil rights groups to enfranchise Negroes, Lawson also analyzes the responses of federal and local officials to those efforts. He describes the various techniques-from the white primary, the poll tax, literacy tests, and restrictive registration procedures through sheer intimidation-that were developed by white southerners to perpetuate disfranchisement and the sundry methods used by blacks and their white allies to challenge them.
Author : Lawrence Goldstone
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,98 MB
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1338323504
A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United States. Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction era raised a new question to those in power in the US: Should African Americans, so many of them former slaves, be granted the right to vote?In a bitter partisan fight over the legislature and Constitution, the answer eventually became yes, though only after two constitutional amendments, two Reconstruction Acts, two Civil Rights Acts, three Enforcement Acts, the impeachment of a president, and an army of occupation. Yet, even that was not enough to ensure that African American voices would be heard, or their lives protected. White supremacists loudly and intentionally prevented black Americans from voting -- and they were willing to kill to do so.In this vivid portrait of the systematic suppression of the African American vote for young adults, critically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone traces the injustices of the post-Reconstruction era through the eyes of incredible individuals, both heroic and barbaric, and examines the legal cases that made the Supreme Court a partner of white supremacists in the rise of Jim Crow. Though this is a story of America's past, Goldstone brilliantly draws direct links to today's creeping threats to suffrage in this important and, alas, timely book.
Author : Stephen Beauregard Weeks
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Page : 46 pages
File Size : 18,2 MB
Release : 1894
Category : African Americans
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Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Government publications
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Author : Abigail M. Thernstrom
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,91 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674951952
"A Twentieth Century Fund study."Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [257]-302.
Author : Steven F. Lawson
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Page : 498 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 1976
Category : History
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A thorough historical treatment of suffrage expansion in the South from World War II through the Johnson administration.
Author : Donald S. Strong
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,80 MB
Release : 1968
Category : African Americans
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Author : Charles S. Bullock
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 45,19 MB
Release : 2014-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0806185309
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 achieved what two constitutional amendments and three civil rights acts could not: giving African Americans in the South access to the ballot free from restriction or intimidation. The most exhaustive treatment of elections and race in the region in sixty years, The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South explores the impact of that landmark legislation and highlights lingering concerns about minority political participation. In this state-by-state assessment, Charles S. Bullock III and Ronald Keith Gaddie show how minorities have become politically empowered thanks to the act—particularly its Section 5 provision, which requires jurisdictions that have had low levels of minority voting to obtain federal clearance before altering election laws. Blending data and anecdote, the authors demonstrate how minority participation in politics has improved as measured by voter registration and turnout, election of African Americans to political office, and minorities’ success in electing preferred candidates. Eleven southern states are discussed, including Arkansas and Tennessee, where Section 5 was not implemented, and Florida and Texas, where the act takes into account Latino participation. Concluding chapters offer a comparative assessment of voting rights progress across the South, explore the political by-products of the act, and analyze the 2008 election of President Barack Obama in light of wider access to the polls. The authors also discuss whether Section 5, set to expire in 2031, will be needed any longer. Political scientists, historians, students, and all those interested in southern politics and minority voting rights will find this study rich in information and insight as it shows how race and party interact in the modern South.