Voting Rights--and Wrongs

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Voting Rights--and Wrongs is written by Abigail M. Thernstrom and published by A E I Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0844742724 (ISBN 10) and 9780844742724 (ISBN 13).

n this provocative book, Abigail Thernstrom argues that southern resistance to black political power began a process by which the act was radically revised both for good and ill. Congress, the courts, and the Justice Department altered the statute to ensure the election of blacks and Hispanics to legislative bodies ranging from school boards and county councils to the U.S. Congress.