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The adoption of the landmark Voting Rights Act in 1965 enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. And yet fifty years later we are still fighting heated battles over race, representation, and political power-over the right to vote, the central pillar of our democracy.A groundbreaking narrative history of voting rights since 1965, Give Us the Ballot tells the story of what happened after the act was passed. Through meticulous archival research, fresh interviews with the leading participants in the ongoing struggle, and incisive on-the-ground reporting, Ari Berman chronicles the transformative impact the act had on American democracy and investigates how the fight over the right to vote has continued in the decades since. From new strategies to keep minorities out of the voting booth, to cynical efforts to limit political representation by gerrymandering electoral districts, to the Supreme Court's recent stunning decision that declared a key part of the Voting Rights Act itself unconstitutional, Berman tells the dramatic story of the pitched contest over the very heart of our democracy. At this important historical moment, Give Us the Ballot brings new insight to one of the most vital political and civil rights issues of our time.
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9780374158279 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, August 4, 2015, cover price $28.00
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9781250094728 | Picador USA, August 2, 2016, cover price $18.00
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9781494566128 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, August 4, 2015), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: The adoption of the landmark Voting Rights Act in 1965 enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement.
9781494516123 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, August 4, 2015), cover price $39.99 | About this edition: The adoption of the landmark Voting Rights Act in 1965 enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement.
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9781440832475 | Praeger Pub Text, May 26, 2015, cover price $48.00
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9780472118106 | Univ of Michigan Pr, July 17, 2012, cover price $75.00
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9780877724230 | Univ of California Regents School, June 30, 2007, cover price $25.00
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9780871540720 | Russell Sage Foundation, September 30, 2006, cover price $35.00
Product Description: Is it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race? In its long struggle with this question, the U.S. Supreme Court has treated race-conscious redistricting either as a requirement of political fairness or as an exercise in corrosive racial quotas...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780691017297 | Princeton Univ Pr, September 1, 1998, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: Is it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race?
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9780691094960 | Reprint edition (Princeton Univ Pr, July 1, 2002), cover price $36.95 | About this edition: Is it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race?
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9780882581569 | Howard Univ Pr, August 1, 1984, cover price $29.50 | About this edition: Although many Blacks are voting and running for public office, vote dilution still exists and weakens minority participation
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9780882581767 | Howard Univ Pr, October 1, 1989, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Although more Blacks are voting and running for public office, vote dilution still exists and weakens minority participation
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