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Black votes count : political empowerment in Mississippi after 1965 /

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Describes black Mississippians' battle for meaningful voting rights, bringing the story up to 1986, when Mississippi elected its first black member of Congress in this century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parker, Frank R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [1990]
Series:UNC Press law publications.
Civil rights and social justice.
Subjects:
African Americans > Mississippi > Politics and government.
African Americans > Suffrage > Mississippi.
Voting > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Political participation > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Politics and government > 1951-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Mississippi in 1965: the struggle for the right to vote
  • Mississippi's massive resistance to Black political empowerment
  • The judicial response to massive resistance: Allen volume State board of elections
  • The struggle against discriminatory legislative redistricting
  • The impact of the struggle for Black political participation on Mississippi politics
  • The impact of Mississippi legislation on national voting rights law
  • Race and Mississippi politics: changes and continuitites.