Voting rights in America : continuing the quest for full participation Mary Frances Berry ... [et al.] ; edited by Karen McGill Arrington & William L. Taylor

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arrington, Karen McGill.

Taylor, William L., 1931-

Berry, Mary Frances.

Leadership Conference Education Fund

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Suffrage--United States--History--Congresses.

Minorities.

Voter registration--United States--History--Congresses.

Voter registration.

African Americans--Suffrage--History--Congresses.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

xv, 212 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Leadership Conference Education Fund : Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, c1992.

Contents:

Citizen action in voting : State initiatives to increase citizen participation / Bill Clinton

Native American political participation / Jeanette Wolfley

In pursuit of political equality / Henry Der

Bringing voting to the people / Al Raby.

Introduction / David Kusnet

The contstitution and the franchise : The struggle to gain the right to vote: 1787-1965 / Karen McGill Arrington

A promise yet unfulfilled / Judge Damon Keith

Voting, voting rights, and political power in American history / Mary Frances Berry

The franchise from reconstruction to the present : The Civil War amendments: the second constitution and the evolving political struggle / Charles V. Hamilton

Development of the franchise: 1957-1980 / Armand Derfner

Development of the franchise: 1982 voting rights amendments / Lani Guinier

The impact of the vote : Southern odyssey: two decades of racial evolution / Margaret Edds

Muted voices: a comparative perspective of women's and blacks' voting participation / Celinda Lake.

Notes:

Includes papers presented at LCEF's conference in 1988.

"Including an essay by Bill Clinton."

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

0941410552 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0941410528 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

26929787