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The voting rights war: the NAACP and the ongoing struggle for justice

By National Association for the Advancement of Colored People;Browne-Marshall , Gloria J

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2016
ISBN
9781442266896, 9781442266902, 1442266902
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3520319 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
African Americans--Civil rights;African Americans-

Description

"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"--;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.

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