A VOTING RIGHTS ODYSSEY by Laughlin McDonald ( 9780521812320 )

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Title:

A VOTING RIGHTS ODYSSEY
BLACK ENFRANCHISEMENT IN GEORGIA

By:

Laughlin McDonald

Format:

Hardback

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£78.00

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ISBN 10:

0521812321

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9780521812320

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

14 January, 2003

Pages:

264

Description:

Details the efforts of the white leadership in Georgia to deny blacks their voting rights.

Synopsis:

From slavery to the white backlash of the 1990s, A Voting Rights Odyssey is a riveting account of the crusade for equal voting rights in Georgia. Written by a veteran civil rights lawyer the book draws upon expert reports and other court records, as well as trial testimony and interviews with the men and women who served as plaintiffs and witnesses in litigation that helped forge a revolution in voting rights. The book explores, and repudiates, the myths of the Reconstruction era that blacks were incapable of voting and holding office. It also catalogues the attempts of the state leadership to maintain white supremacy after the abolition of the white primary, the demands of the Civil Rights Movement, and passage of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. A must read for anyone interested in the way in which race has driven and distorted the political process in the South.

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17 b/w illus.

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Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

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Returnable

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