The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall - Rowman & Littlefield, 2016
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Voting Rights War tells the story of the courageous struggle to achieve
voting equality through more than one hundred years of work by the
NAACP at the Supreme Court. Readers take the journey for voting rights
from slavery to the Plessy v. Ferguson case that legalized segregation
in 1896 through today’s conflicts around voter suppression. The NAACP
brought important cases to the Supreme Court that challenged obstacles
to voting: grandfather clauses, all-White primaries, literacy tests,
gerrymandering, vote dilution, felony disenfranchisement, and photo
identification laws.
This book highlights the challenges facing American voters, especially African Americans, the brave work of NAACP members, and the often contentious relationship between the NAACP and the Supreme Court. This book shows the human price paid for the right to vote and the intellectual stamina needed for each legal battle. The Voting Rights War follows conflicts on the ground and in the courtroom, from post-slavery voting rights and the formation of the NAACP to its ongoing work to gain a basic right guaranteed to every citizen.
Whether through litigation, lobbying, or protest, the NAACP continues to play an unprecedented role in the battle for voting equality in America, fighting against prison gerrymandering, racial redistricting, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and more. The Voting Rights War highlights the NAACP’s powerful contribution and legacy.
This book highlights the challenges facing American voters, especially African Americans, the brave work of NAACP members, and the often contentious relationship between the NAACP and the Supreme Court. This book shows the human price paid for the right to vote and the intellectual stamina needed for each legal battle. The Voting Rights War follows conflicts on the ground and in the courtroom, from post-slavery voting rights and the formation of the NAACP to its ongoing work to gain a basic right guaranteed to every citizen.
Whether through litigation, lobbying, or protest, the NAACP continues to play an unprecedented role in the battle for voting equality in America, fighting against prison gerrymandering, racial redistricting, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and more. The Voting Rights War highlights the NAACP’s powerful contribution and legacy.
