Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy - Brossura

May, Gary

 
9780822359272: Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy
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ISBN 10: 0822359278 ISBN 13: 9780822359272
Casa editrice: Duke University Press, 2014

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A vivid and fast-paced history, Gary May's Bending toward Justice offers a dramatic account of the birth and precarious life of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It is an extraordinary story of the intimidation and murder of courageous activists who struggled to ensure that all Americans would be able to exercise their right to vote. May outlines the divisions within the Civil Rights Movement, describes the relationship between President Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr., and captures the congressional politics of the 1960s. Bending toward Justice is especially timely, given that the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 invalidated a key section of the Voting Rights Act. As May shows, the fight for voting rights is by no means over.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Gary May is Professor of History at the University of Delaware. He is the author of The Informant: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo.

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Editore
Duke University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2014
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0822359278
ISBN 13 
9780822359272
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
344
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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9780465018468: Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0465018467 ISBN 13:  9780465018468
Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2013
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