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- catalog abstract ""From slavery to the white backlash of the 1990s, A Voting Rights Odyssey is an account of the crusade for equal voting rights in Georgia. Written by a veteran civil rights lawyer who has tried innumberable voting cases, the book draws upon expert reports and other court records, as well as trial testimony and interviews with the men and women who served as plaintiffs and witnesses in litigation that helped to forge a revolution in voting rights. The book explores, and repudiates, the myths of the Reconstruction era that blacks were incapable of voting and holding office. It also catalogues the extraordinary, and ultimately failed, attempts of the state leadership to maintain white supremacy after the abolition of the white primary, the demands of the civil rights movement, and passage of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. A Voting Rights Odyssey is essential reading for anyone interested in the way in which race has driven and distorted the political process in the South."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12617402.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""From slavery to the white backlash of the 1990s, A Voting Rights Odyssey is an account of the crusade for equal voting rights in Georgia. Written by a veteran civil rights lawyer who has tried innumberable voting cases, the book draws upon expert reports and other court records, as well as trial testimony and interviews with the men and women who served as plaintiffs and witnesses in litigation that helped to forge a revolution in voting rights. The book explores, and repudiates, the myths of the Reconstruction era that blacks were incapable of voting and holding office.".
- catalog description "1. The Voting Rights Act of 1965: A Great Divide -- 2. After the Civil War: Recreating "the White Man's Georgia" -- 3. The Dawning of a New Day: Abolition of the White Primary -- 4. Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957: The White Response -- 5. One Person, One Vote: The End of the County Unit System and the Malapportioned Legislature and Congressional Delegation -- 6. The Election Code of 1964: Twilight of the Malapportioned Legislature -- 7. The Voting Rights Scene Outside the Golden Dome -- 8. The Voting Rights Act: How It Works -- 9. Increased Black Registration: The White Response -- 10. The 1970 Extension of the Voting Rights Act: More White Resistance.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "It also catalogues the extraordinary, and ultimately failed, attempts of the state leadership to maintain white supremacy after the abolition of the white primary, the demands of the civil rights movement, and passage of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. A Voting Rights Odyssey is essential reading for anyone interested in the way in which race has driven and distorted the political process in the South."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "viii, 254 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521011795 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0521812321 (hardback)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Georgia".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "324.6/2/089960730758 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans Suffrage Georgia History.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Suffrage History.".
- catalog subject "Election law Georgia History.".
- catalog subject "Election law United States History.".
- catalog subject "KFG420.85.S9 M39 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Voting Rights Act of 1965: A Great Divide -- 2. After the Civil War: Recreating "the White Man's Georgia" -- 3. The Dawning of a New Day: Abolition of the White Primary -- 4. Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957: The White Response -- 5. One Person, One Vote: The End of the County Unit System and the Malapportioned Legislature and Congressional Delegation -- 6. The Election Code of 1964: Twilight of the Malapportioned Legislature -- 7. The Voting Rights Scene Outside the Golden Dome -- 8. The Voting Rights Act: How It Works -- 9. Increased Black Registration: The White Response -- 10. The 1970 Extension of the Voting Rights Act: More White Resistance.".
- catalog title "A voting rights odyssey : black enfranchisement in Georgia / Laughlin McDonald.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".