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Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
By Berman, Ari
- ISBN
- 9780374158279 9780374711498
- Publisher
- Farrar
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Starred Review on July 1, 2015 | Social Sciences
Berman (contributing writer, The Nation; Herding Donkeys) has written the first book on the political and judicial career of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) since its original passage and subsequent successful litigation in the late 1960s. It covers the VRA's setbacks from conservative attacks up to the present day in the aftermath of Shelby County v. Holder in 2013, when part of the act was ruled unconstitutional. Most of the cases surround Section 5, which mandat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
