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Amendment XV : race and the right to vote / Jeff Hay, book editor.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Hay, Jeff, editor.
Series:
Constitutional amendments (Detroit, Mich.)
Constitutional amendments : beyond the Bill of Rights
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Constitution--15th Amendment.
United States.
African Americans--Suffrage--History.
African Americans.
Suffrage--United States.
Suffrage.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (154 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Presents the Fifteenth Amendment in a historical context, examining how it has been tested in the courts and present current controversies and debates. Focuses on race and the right to vote.
Contents:
Historical background on Fifteenth Amendment
Challenging and affirming the Fifteenth Amendment
Ensuring voting rights in contemporary America.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9780737745900
0737745908
OCLC:
435747634

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