The rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act / Charles S. Bullock III, Ronald Keith Gaddie, Justin J. Wert

Author: Bullock, Charles S., III, 1942-
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
Copyright Date: ©2016
Physical Description: xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators: Gaddie, Ronald Keith and Wert, Justin J.

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Series

Studies in American constitutional heritage ; volume 2.

Contents

Conditions giving rise to the Voting Rights Act -- Implementing the Act -- A comparative analysis of the impact of the Voting Rights Act in the South -- The VRA, Mr. Obama, and the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections in the South -- The 2006 debate and renewal of the Act -- Pushback -- Shelby County and equal sovereignty -- The Voting Rights Act after Shelby County.

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Other Subject(s)

Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S.??? (2013)

ISBN

9780806152004 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0806152001 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Note

"This book is a follow-up to our previous work, The triumph of voting rights in the South."--Page xiii.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition

Purchased with funds from the Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment; 2016

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