When the letter betrays the spirit : voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama /

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When the Letter Betrays the Spirit examines the wide latitude provided to the executive branch and to the Supreme Court by the text of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Drawing from government enforcement data, legislative history, Supreme Court rulings, the 2006 reauthorization debate on the VRA, and...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
Subjects:
United States. > Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (United States)
Since 1945
African Americans > Suffrage > History.
Noirs américains > Suffrage > Histoire.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
African Americans > Suffrage.
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
United States.
History.
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