The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Laurie Collier Hillstrom

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Summary:: "Explains the events that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Details both the racial discrimination and violence that pervaded the South and the civil rights protests that changed American voting rights. Features include a narrative overview, biographies, primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Author/Creator:: Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, 1965-
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 [by Hillstrom, L.C.]
Related Series:: Defining moments
Subjects:: African Americans — Suffrage
United States — Voting Rights Act of 1965
Suffrage — United States
United States — Politics and government — 1963-1969
Election law — United States
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (United States)
1963-1969
Suffrage
Politics and government
Election law
African Americans
United States
General Notes:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.
Physical Description:: xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Numbers:: JK1924 .H55 2009
ISBNs:: 9780780810488 (hardcover, alk. paper)
0780810481 (hardcover, alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:: 2008038392
OCLC Numbers:: 231895242