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The Voting Rights War
The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice
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2016
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The Voting Rights War tells the story of the courageous struggle to achieve voting equality through more than one hundred years of work by the NAACP at the Supreme Court. Readers take the journey for voting rights from slavery to the Plessy v. Ferguson case that legalized segregation in 1896 through today’s conflicts around voter suppression. The NAACP brought important cases to the Supreme Court that challenged obstacles to voting: grandfather clauses, all-White primaries, literacy tests, gerrymandering, vote dilution, felony disenfranchisement, and photo identification laws.
This book highlights the challenges facing American voters, especially African Americans, the brave work of NAACP members, and the often contentious relationship between the NAACP and the Supreme Court. This book shows the human price paid for the right to vote and the intellectual stamina needed for each legal battle. The Voting Rights War follows conflicts on the ground and in the courtroom, from post-slavery voting rights and the formation of the NAACP to its ongoing work to gain a basic right guaranteed to every citizen.
Whether through litigation, lobbying, or protest, the NAACP continues to play an unprecedented role in the battle for voting equality in America, fighting against prison gerrymandering, racial redistricting, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and more. The Voting Rights War highlights the NAACP’s powerful contribution and legacy.
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Copyright year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-6689-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-6690-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
226
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Timeline of Selected Events and Cases No access
Ch01. Born of Bloodshed No access Pages 5 - 20
Ch02. Earning the Vote No access Pages 21 - 38
Ch03. First Victory: The Grandfather Clause No access Pages 39 - 60
White-Only Primaries No access Pages 61 - 90
Photospread No access Pages B - F
Ch05. Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests No access Pages 91 - 120
Ch06. The Voting Rights Act No access Pages 121 - 140
Ch07. Vote Dilution, Photo Identification Laws, and Civil Death No access Pages 141 - 162
