Bending Toward Justice - The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democrcy

Informationen zum Autor Gary May is a professor of history at the University of Delaware. Winner of the Allan Nevins Prize of the Society of American Historians and author of four books, including The Informant: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo , May lives in Newark, Delaware. Klappentext Celebrated historian May describes how activists surmounted long-standing obstacles for the African-American vote, overcoming centuries of bigotry to secure--and preserve--the right of black citizens to full participation in American democracy in a vivid narrative history. A gripping biography of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, tracing its creation and showing how its historic provisions are threatened today. Zusammenfassung A gripping biography of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, tracing its creation and showing how its historic provisions are threatened today.

Product details

• Authors: May Gary, Gary May, Gary (University of Southern Indiana Gary May May, Gary May, Gary R. May
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9780465018468
• ISBN: 978-0-465-01846-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights