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City son : Andrew W. Cooper's impact on modern-day Brooklyn /
In 1966, a year after the Voting Rights Act began liberating millions of southern blacks, New Yorkers challenged a political system that weakened their voting power. Andrew W. Cooper (1927-2002), a beer company employee, sued state officials in a case called Cooper vs. Power. In 1968, the courts agr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1966, a year after the Voting Rights Act began liberating millions of southern blacks, New Yorkers challenged a political system that weakened their voting power. Andrew W. Cooper (1927-2002), a beer company employee, sued state officials in a case called Cooper vs. Power. In 1968, the courts agreed that black citizens were denied the right to elect an authentic representative of their community. The 12th Congressional District was redrawn. Shirley Chisholm, a member of Cooper's political club, ran for the new seat and made history as the first black woman elected to Congress. Cooper became. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 340 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781617032592 161703259X |