Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 1944-1969 (Contemporary American History Series) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 1944-1969 (Contemporary American History Series) Book

Black Ballots is an in-depth look at suffrage expansion in the South from World War II through the Johnson administration. Steven Lawson focuses on the "Second Reconstruction"--the struggle of blacks to gain political power in the South through the ballot-which both whites and black perceived to be a key element in the civil rights process. Examining the struggle of civil rights groups to enfranchise Negroes, Lawson also analyzes the responses of federal and local officials to those efforts. He describes the various techniques--from the white primary, the poll tax, literacy tests, and restrictive registration procedures through sheer intimidation--that were developed by white southerners to perpetuate disfranchisement and the sundry methods used by blacks and their white allies to challenge them.Read More

from£N/A | RRP: £25.50
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £N/A
  • 0231083521
  • 9780231083522
  • Steven F. Lawson
  • 1 December 1976
  • Columbia University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 474
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.