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"The law is good" : the Voting Rights Act, redistricting, and black regime politics / Steven Andrew Light.

Title
"The law is good" : the Voting Rights Act, redistricting, and black regime politics / Steven Andrew Light.
Author
Light, Steven Andrew.
Publication
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2010.

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Description
xv, 265 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • United States
  • African Americans > Suffrage
  • Apportionment (Election law) > United States
  • Representative government and representation > United States
  • Tallulah (La.) > Political aspects
  • Tallulah (La.) > Politics and government > 20th century
Note
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Voting Rights Act and minority representation -- The struggle for voting rights -- The Voting Rights Act of 1965 : passage and provisions -- The Supreme Court's redistricting revolution -- Voting rights and black representation in Tallulah -- Voting rights in the 21st century : do we still need the Voting Rights Act?
ISBN
9781594602863 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010002826
OCLC
148927585
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library