The voting rights war
Subtitle: the NAACP and the ongoing struggle for justice
By: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall ; foreword by Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781442266896
Subjects: Politics and government; Race relations; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; African Americans; Civil rights; Suffrage; Social justice; History
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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Time-line of Selected Events and Cases; title: One. Born of Bloodshed; title: Two. Earning the Vote; title: Three. Our First Victory : The Grandfather Clause; title: Four. White-Only Primaries; title: Five. Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests; title: Six. The Voting Rights Act; title: Seven. Vote Dilution and Photo Identification Laws; title: Appendix A: President Lyndon Baines Johnson Addresses Congress on Passage of the Voting Rights Act; title: Appendix B: Memorandum for Mr. Shillady on Negro Suffrage and Disfranchisement.