ISBN:
9781442266896
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9780810896246
Language:
English
Pages:
xxvi, 226 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Browne-Marshall, Gloria J., author Voting rights war
DDC:
324.6/208996073
Keywords:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People History
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People History
;
African Americans Civil rights
;
History
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African Americans Politics and government
;
African Americans Suffrage
;
History
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Social justice History
;
African Americans Suffrage
;
History
;
African Americans Civil rights
;
History
;
African Americans Politics and government
;
Social justice History
;
United States
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United States Race relations
;
History
;
United States Race relations
;
History
;
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
;
USA
;
Schwarze
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Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
Abstract:
"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"--
Abstract:
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
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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First paperback edition 2017
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Bibliographie: Seite 195-207
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