Title The voting rights war : the NAACP and the ongoing struggle for justice / Gloria J. Browne-Marshall ; foreword by Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian.

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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

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Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	324.62 BROWNE-MARSHALL	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	324.62 B81	Check Shelf
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	324.62 B883V	Check Shelf

Description	xxvi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary	"The Voting Rights War tells the story of the ongoing struggle to achieve voting equality through 100 years of work by the NAACP at the Supreme Court. From Plessy v. Ferguson through today's conflicts around voter suppression, the book highlights the challenges facing African American voters and the work of the NAACP"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Time-line of Selected Events and Cases -- One. Born of Bloodshed -- Two. Earning the Vote -- Three. Our First Victory : The Grandfather Clause -- Four. White-Only Primaries -- Five. Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests -- Six. The Voting Rights Act -- Seven. Vote Dilution and Photo Identification Laws -- Appendix A: President Lyndon Baines Johnson Addresses Congress on Passage of the Voting Rights Act -- Appendix B: Memorandum for Mr. Shillady on Negro Suffrage and Disfranchisement.
Subject	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History.
	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (OCoLC)fst00543609
	African Americans -- Suffrage -- History.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
	African Americans -- Politics and government.
	Social justice -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Race relations -- History.
	LAW -- Civil Rights.
	HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	African Americans -- Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst00799659
	African Americans -- Suffrage. (OCoLC)fst00799713
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Social justice. (OCoLC)fst01122603
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Browne-Marshall, Gloria J., author. Voting rights war. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] 9781442266902 (DLC) 2016019726
ISBN	9781442266896 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
	1442266899 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)

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