Title Quiet revolution in the South : the impact of the Voting rights act, 1965-1990 / Chandler Davidson and Bernard Grofman, editors

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 503 pages) Contents The recent evolution of voting rights law affecting racial and language minorities / Chandler Davidson--Alabama / Peyton McCrary, Jerome A. Gray, Edward Still, Huey L. Perry--Georgia / Laughlin McDonald, Michael B. Binford, Ken Johnson--Louisiana / Richard L. Engstrom, Stanley A. Halpin, Jr., Jean A. Hill, Victoria M. Caridas-Butterworth--Mississippi / Frank R. Parker, David C. Colby, Minion K.C. Morrison North Carolina / William R. Keech, Michael P. Sistrom--South Carolina / Orville Vernon Burton, Terence R. Finnegan, Peyton McCrary, James W. Loewen--Texas / Robert Brischetto, David R. Richards, Chandler Davidson, Bernard Grofman--Virginia / Thomas R. Morris, Neil Bradley--The effect of municipal election structure on black representation in eight Southern states / Bernard Grofman, Chandler Davidson--The impact of the Voting Rights Act on minority representation: black officeholding in Southern state legislatures and congressional delegations / Lisa Handley, Bernard Grofman--The impact of the Voting Rights Act on black and white voter registration in the South / James E. Alt--The Voting Rights Act and the Second Reconstruction / Chandler Davidson, Bernard Grofman Summary This work is the first systematic attempt to measure the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, commonly regarded as the most effective civil rights legislation of the century. Marshaling a wealth of detailed evidence, the authors show how blacks and Mexican Americans in the South, along with the Justice Department, have used the act and the U.S. Constitution to overcome the resistance of white officials to minority mobilization. The book tells the story of the black struggle for equal political participation in eight core southern states from the end of the Civil War to the 1980s - with special emphasis on the period since 1965. The contributors use a variety of quantitative methods to show how the act dramatically increased black registration and black and Mexican-American office-holding. They also explain modern voting rights law as it pertains to minority citizens, discussing important legal cases and giving numerous examples of how the law is applied. Destined to become a standard source of information on the history of the Voting Rights Act, Quiet Revolution in the South has implications for the controversies that are sure to continue over the direction in which the voting rights of American ethnic minorities have evolved since the 1960s Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-483) and index Notes Print version record Subject African Americans -- Suffrage -- Southern States Voter registration -- Southern States African American politicians -- Southern States Elections -- Southern States POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights. African American politicians African Americans -- Suffrage Elections Politics and government Voter registration Mexicaanse Amerikanen. Kiesrecht. Kiesgedrag. Zwarten. African Americans -- Suffrage -- Southern States. Voting -- Southern States. Elections -- Southern States. Inscriptions électorales -- Etats-Unis (sud) Élections -- États-Unis (sud) Noirs américains -- Histoire -- 1964- ... Noirs américains -- Droit de vote -- États-Unis (sud) Droit électoral -- Etats-Unis. Rösträtt -- Förenta staterna. SUBJECT Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125659 Subject Southern States Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951- États-Unis (sud) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1951- ... Form Electronic book Author Davidson, Chandler Grofman, Bernard ISBN 9780691225197 0691225192

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