Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 1944-1969

(Part of the Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History Series)

by Steven F. Lawson

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Black Ballots is an in-depth look at suffrage expansion in the South from World War II through the Johnson administration. Steven Lawson focuses on the "Second Reconstruction"-the struggle of blacks to gain political power in the South through the ballot-which both whites and black perceived to be a key element in the civil rights process.
Examining the struggle of civil rights groups to enfranchise Negroes, Lawson also analyzes the responses...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0739100874

ISBN13:9780739100875

Release Date:October 1999

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:496 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

20th Century African-American Studies Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Discrimination & Racism Elections Elections & Political Process History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science

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