A voting rights odyssey : Black enfranchisement in Georgia by McDonald, Laughlin instant download

A voting rights odyssey : Black enfranchisement in Georgia by McDonald, Laughlin instant download

viii, 254 p. : 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, 1. The Voting Rights Act of 1965: A Great Divide -- 2. After the Civil War: Recreating \"the White Man's Georgia\" -- 3. The Dawning of a New Day: Abolition of the White Primary -- 4. Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957: The White Response -- 5. One Person, One Vote: The End of the County Unit System and the Malapportioned Legislature and Congressional Delegation -- 6. The Election Code of 1964: Twilight of the Malapportioned Legislature -- 7. The Voting Rights Scene Outside the Golden Dome -- 8. The Voting Rights Act: How It Works -- 9. Increased Black Registration: The White Response -- 10. The 1970 Extension of the Voting Rights Act: More White Resistance -- 11. The 1975 Extension of the Voting Rights Act: The Private Enforcement Campaign -- 12. Redistricting in the 1980s -- 13. 1982: Voting Rights in the Balance -- 14. Continued Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act -- 15. The Demise of Georgia's Nineteenth-Century Voter Registration System: Taking Stock of the Impact of the Voting Rights Act -- 16. Recreating the Past: The Challenge of the Majority-Vote Requirement -- 17. The White Backlash: Redistricting in the 1990s -- 18. Keysville, Georgia - A Voting Rights Crucible