Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy
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When the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 granted African Americans the right to vote, it seemed as if a new era of political equality was at hand. Before long, however, white segregationists across the South counterattacked, driving their black countrymen from the polls through a combination of sheer terror and insidious devices such as complex literacy tests and expensive poll taxes. Most African Americans would remain voiceless for nearly a century...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0465018467
ISBN13:9780465018468
Release Date:April 2013
Publisher:Basic Books
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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