The triumph of voting rights in the South
By: Charles S. Bullock III and Ronald Keith Gaddie.
Contributors: Gaddie, Ronald Keith.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780806140797
Subjects: United States; African Americans -- Suffrage -- Southern States; Minorities -- Suffrage -- Southern States; Linguistic minorities -- Suffrage -- Southern States; Elections -- Southern States; Voting -- Southern States; Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.