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Black Ballots is an in-depth look at suffrage expansion in the South from World War II through the Johnson administration. Steven Lawson focuses on the "Second Reconstruction"-the struggle of blacks to gain political power in the South through the ballot-which both whites and black perceived to be a key element in the civil rights process.
Examining the struggle of civil rights groups to enfranchise Negroes, Lawson also analyzes the responses of federal and local officials to those efforts. He describes the various techniques-from the white primary, the poll tax, literacy tests, and restrictive registration procedures through sheer intimidation-that were developed by white southerners to perpetuate disfranchisement and the sundry methods used by blacks and their white allies to challenge them.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 The Rise and Fall of the White Primary
Chapter 3 The Poll Tax Must Go
Chapter 4 The South Fights Back: Boswellianism and Bilboism
Chapter 5 The Suffrage Crusade in the South: The Early Phase
Chapter 6 Politics and the Origins of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Chapter 7 Politics and the Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Chapter 8 Justice Delayed. . . Justice Denied
Chapter 9 The Suffrage Crusade in the South: The Kennedy Phase
Chapter 10 We Shall Overcome
Chapter 11 Free at Last?
Chapter 12 Notes
Chapter 13 Bibliography
Chapter 14 Index
Product details
| Published | Oct 13 1999 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 496 |
| ISBN | 9780739100875 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Dimensions | 229 x 150 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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