Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Census districts
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Geographic Areas Reference Manual
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Census districts
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania
Author: Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania
Author: John Augustus SmullPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Give Us the Ballot
Author: Ari BermanPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374711496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015 A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. Give Us the Ballot tells this story for the first time. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Ari Berman charts both the transformation of American democracy under the VRA and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit voting rights, from 1965 to the present day. The act enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. And yet, fifty years later, we are still fighting heated battles over race, representation, and political power, with lawmakers devising new strategies to keep minorities out of the voting booth and with the Supreme Court declaring a key part of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Berman brings the struggle over voting rights to life through meticulous archival research, in-depth interviews with major figures in the debate, and incisive on-the-ground reporting. In vivid prose, he takes the reader from the demonstrations of the civil rights era to the halls of Congress to the chambers of the Supreme Court. At this important moment in history, Give Us the Ballot provides new insight into one of the most vital political and civil rights issues of our time.
The Voting Rights Act, Unfulfilled Goals
Author: United States Commission on Civil RightsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Pennsylvania State Manual
Author: The Voting Rights Act
Author: United States Commission on Civil RightsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Senate Ethics Manual
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on EthicsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual
Author: Michigan. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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