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Voting rights in America : continuing the quest for full participation
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- Creator
- Mary Frances Berry ... [and others] ; edited by Karen McGill Arrington & William L. Taylor
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- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : Leadership Conference Education Fund : Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, [1992]
- ©1992
- Physical Details
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- xv, 212 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780941410557, 0941410552, 9780941410526, 0941410528
- OCLC
- ocm26929787
- "Including an essay by Bill Clinton."
- Includes papers presented at LCEF's conference in 1988.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Introduction / David Kusnet -- The constitution 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
- 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