Voting rights in America : continuing the quest for full participation / Mary Frances Berry ... [and others] ; edited by Karen McGill Arrington & William L. Taylor.
Includes papers presented at LCEF's conference in 1988.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / David Kusnet -- The contstitution and the franchise : The struggle to gain the right to vote: 1787-1965 / Karen McGill Arrington -- A promise yet unfulfilled / Judge Damon Keith -- Voting, voting rights, and political power in American history / Mary Frances Berry -- The franchise from reconstruction to the present : The Civil War amendments: the second constitution and the evolving political struggle / Charles V. Hamilton -- Development of the franchise: 1957-1980 / Armand Derfner -- Development of the franchise: 1982 voting rights amendments / Lani Guinier -- The impact of the vote : Southern odyssey: two decades of racial evolution / Margaret Edds -- Muted voices: a comparative perspective of women's and blacks' voting participation / Celinda Lake.
Citizen action in voting : State initiatives to increase citizen participation / Bill Clinton -- Native American political participation / Jeanette Wolfley -- In pursuit of political equality / Henry Der -- Bringing voting to the people / Al Raby.