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The dream is lost : voting rights and the politics of race in Richmond, Virginia
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- Creator
- Julian Maxwell Hayter
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2017]
- Physical Details
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- 338 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0813169496, 9780813169972, 0813169976, 9780813169484, 9780813169491, 081316950X, 9780813169507, 0813169488
- OCLC
- ocn959034902, ocn982958109
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Strictly political : racial and urban politics and the rise of the Richmond Crusade for Voters before 1965 -- Systematically done in : Black electoral empowerment, vote dilution, and the push for annexation after the Voting Rights Act -- From intent to effect : the long struggle for voting rights litigation during the 1970s -- "The dream is lost" : Henry Marsh and Black governance in an era of white political resistance -- "All he gave me was a foot" : Black technocrats, Richmond's urban woes, and the crisis of the Crusade for Voters -- Conclusion -- Appendix: City Council election data, City of Richmond, Virginia, 1960-1984
Subjects
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Suffrage -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Civil rights movements -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 20th century.
- Richmond (Va.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
- Richmond (Va.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.