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The Voting Rights Act : consequences and implications / edited by Lorn S. Foster.

Title
The Voting Rights Act : consequences and implications / edited by Lorn S. Foster.
Publication
New York : Praeger, 1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Foster, Lorn S.
  • Claremont Colleges. Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies
  • Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Department of Government
Description
208 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
Essays assessing the changes that have been created as a result of the Voting Rights Act, and the implications of these changes.
Subject
  • États-Unis
  • United States
  • Geschichte 1965-1982
  • African Americans > Suffrage
  • Voter registration > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended / Don Edwards -- Racial vote dilution: the concept and the Court / Richard L. Engstrom -- Denial or abridgment of the right to vote: what does it mean? / Katharine I. Butler -- The Voting Rights Act as a intervention strategy for social change: symbolism or substance? / Mack H. Jones -- Political symbols and the enactment of the 1982 Voting Rights Act / Lorn S. Foster -- Legislative responsiveness and the new Southern politics / Mark Stern -- Implementation of the Voting Rights Act: enforcement by the Department of Justice / Dale Krane -- The federalization of voter assistance: Section 208 / David H. Hunter -- Aftermath of the Voting Rights Act: racial voting patterns in Atlanta-area elections / Charles S. Bullock, III.
ISBN
003070684X (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^85006600^
OCLC
  • 12021696
  • SCSB-9976580
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library