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Free at Last to Vote: The Alabama Origins of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
Brian K. Landsberg
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Description for Free at Last to Vote: The Alabama Origins of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
Hardcover. Although the heroism of last century's freedom marches will long be credited for ending racial discrimination, civil rights legislation owes much to work done more quietly in the district courtrooms of the South. This book helps in understanding how the Voting Rights Act came about by focusing on several key cases in Alabama. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JPHF; JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Although the heroism of last century's freedom marches will long be credited for ending racial discrimination, civil rights legislation owes much to work done more quietly in the district courtrooms of the South. This book expands our understanding of how the Voting Rights Act came about by focusing on several key cases in Alabama that paved the way for this landmark legislation. Brian Landsberg - himself a participant in many of these trials - argues that Department of Justice litigation contributed significantly to the content of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. His close analysis of these trials shows how ... Read more
Although the heroism of last century's freedom marches will long be credited for ending racial discrimination, civil rights legislation owes much to work done more quietly in the district courtrooms of the South. This book expands our understanding of how the Voting Rights Act came about by focusing on several key cases in Alabama that paved the way for this landmark legislation. Brian Landsberg - himself a participant in many of these trials - argues that Department of Justice litigation contributed significantly to the content of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. His close analysis of these trials shows how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700615100
SKU
V9780700615100
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About Brian K. Landsberg
Brian K. Landsberg worked on voting rights cases in Alabama for the Department of Justice in 1964. He is professor of law at the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, and author of Enforcing Civil Rights.
Reviews for Free at Last to Vote: The Alabama Origins of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
Landsberg's memoir and history of the Justice Department's voting litigation in Elmore, Perry, and Sumter Counties is a richly valuable addition to our understanding of the origins of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. David J. Garrow, author of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ""Before Martin Luther King's celebrated campaign for voting ... Read more