Voting Rights--and Wrongs

Voting Rights--and Wrongs
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Publisher : A E I Press
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 0844742724
ISBN-13 : 9780844742724
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Book Synopsis Voting Rights--and Wrongs by : Abigail M. Thernstrom

Download or read book Voting Rights--and Wrongs written by Abigail M. Thernstrom and published by A E I Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n this provocative book, Abigail Thernstrom argues that southern resistance to black political power began a process by which the act was radically revised both for good and ill. Congress, the courts, and the Justice Department altered the statute to ensure the election of blacks and Hispanics to legislative bodies ranging from school boards and county councils to the U.S. Congress.


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