Along Racial Lines

Consequences of the 1965 Voting Rights Act

David Michael Hudson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

273 Seiten

1998
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-3922-8 (ISBN)

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Along Racial Lines fully explores the legislative and legal history, scope, impact, and implications of voting rights law in the United States. David Michael Hudson examines the history of minority elective franchise since the Constitution, explaining legislative changes while focusing on the actions and impacts of the courts. The work concentrates on court interpretations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its amendments. To give readers a greater understanding of the effects of the act, the author plunges deeply into the history, society, and lives of three communities, representing each of three major American minority groups. The story of Dallas, Texas, tells of the struggle of blacks for representation in city government. The story of Dade County, Florida, depicts the power of voter participation as Hispanic immigrants assumed political control. Finally, the history of the Navajo Reservation in Arizona portrays enhancements to the political influence of the largest Native American tribe in North America.

The Author: David Michael Hudson is a senior manager and computer technologist for a major United States corporation. Politically active during Dallas's redistricting and voting rights struggles, he became personally engrossed in the study of United States voting law. Along Racial Lines is the product of four years of intensive research conducted in law libraries, newspaper archives, and on location at some of the nation's greatest modern voting rights struggles. David Hudson received a degree in Statistics from the University of Texas and studied Business Administration at Southern Methodist University's graduate school.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.1998
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Law and Politics ; 2
Zusatzinfo	19 fig.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	570 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8204-3922-3 / 0820439223
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-3922-8 / 9780820439228
Zustand	Neuware