Voting rights in America : continuing the quest for full participation / Mary Frances Berry [and others] ; edited by Karen McGill Arrington & William L. Taylor.
1992
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Title
Voting rights in America : continuing the quest for full participation / Mary Frances Berry [and others] ; edited by Karen McGill Arrington & William L. Taylor.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Leadership Conference Education Fund : Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, [1992]
Copyright
©1992
Call Number
KF4893.A75 V67 1992
ISBN
0941410528 (cloth : alk. paper)
0941410552 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0941410552 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xv, 212 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)26929787
Note
"Including an essay by Bill Clinton."
Includes papers presented at LCEF's conference in 1988
Includes papers presented at LCEF's conference in 1988
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references
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Added Corporate Author
Table of Contents
Foreword / Arnold Aronson
Preface / Eddie N. Williams
Introduction / David Kusnet
1
The Constitution and the Franchise
The Struggle to Gain the Right to Vote: 1787-1965 / Karen McGill Arrington
25
A Promise Yet Unfulfilled / Damon Keith
43
Voting, Voting Rights, and Political Power in American History / Mary Frances Berry
63
The Franchise from Reconstruction to the Present
The Civil War Amendments: The Second Constitution and the Evolving Political Struggle / Charles V. Hamilton
79
Development of the Franchise: 1957-1980 / Armand Derfner
91
Development of the Franchise: 1982 Voting Rights Amendments / Lani Guinier
101
The Impact of the Vote
Southern Odyssey: Two Decades of Racial Evolution / Margaret Edds
115
Muted Voices: A Comparative Perspective of Women's and Blacks' Voting Participation / Celinda Lake
129
Citizen Action in Voting
State Initiatives to Increase Citizen Participation / Bill Clinton
143
Native American Political Participation / Jeanette Wolfley
153
In Pursuit of Political Equality / Henry Der
175
Bringing Voting to the People / Al Raby
195
Afterword / William L. Taylor
205
About the Contributors
208