A Voting Rights Odyssey: Black Enfranchisement in Georgia - Rilegato

McDonald, Laughlin

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0521812321 ISBN 13: 9780521812320

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Riassunto

Details the efforts of the white leadership in Georgia to deny blacks their voting rights.

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Recensione

"Pulls no punches. . . A valuable addition to civil rights history." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"...accessible and engaging to all readers...This third person history reflects the choice of an unassuming, thoughtful lawyer who possesses a courtly deference to others as the real heroes of good deeds." Southern Changes

"Laughlin writes with a historians breadth of knowledge and mastery of research, an advocate's passion and the acute perceptions of a veteran participant in civil rights litigation." Columbia College Today

"...helps explain why Georgia's redistributing battles have become so befuddling." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

..."McDonald's stories evoke drama, as when he relates how Georgia's white supremacist legislature expelled Julian Bond, a black, from the Statehouse in 1965 after Bond was elected to the House. McDonald's expertise as a lawyer is evident throughout the book. His story's larger point is that legislatures can't always be counted on to do the right thing. Blacks won freedom, for the most part, in the courts. In telling his adopted state's story, McDonald finds hope."...Is Knight-Ridder Newspapers, 11/23/2003

Descrizione del libro

A Voting Rights Odyssey is the story of the efforts of the white leadership in Georgia to maintain white supremacy by denying blacks the right to vote and hold elected office. Written by a veteran civil rights lawyer it draws upon expert reports and court records, trial testimony and interviews.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521812321
• ISBN 13: 9780521812320
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 264
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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