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A war of sections : how deep South political suppression shaped voting rights in America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Suitts, Steve (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Georgia : NewSouth Books, an imprint of the University of Georgia Press, [2023]
Subjects:
African Americans > Suffrage > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Voter suppression > Alabama > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Alabama > Politics and government > 20th century.
Racism > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Alabama > Race relations.
Alabama > Politics and government > 1951-
Noirs américains > Suffrage > Alabama > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Alabama > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Racisme > Alabama > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Alabama > Relations raciales.
Alabama > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
United States.
HISTORY.
20th Century.
South (AL.
State & Local.
African Americans > Politics and government
African Americans > Suffrage
Politics and government
Race relations
Racism
Voter suppression
Alabama
Since 1900
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Alabama's political geography in voting rights history
  • Part 1. A forgotten Evins Amendment : black belt defeat after a fraudulent past
  • Boswell, Boswell Jr., and Big Jim
  • The rise of black registration and white resistance
  • Voter registration, commie fronts, justice, and state sovereignty
  • Prequel to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • Sequel to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • Part 2. The end and the beginning of the disfranchising poll tax
  • Black belt politics : tax dollars at work on the roads
  • Black belt politics : tax dollars at work in education
  • Exceptions to the rulers
  • It's been a long time comin'
  • Ending the war of sections
  • Alabama's cotton curtain
  • Bridging the past and the future.