02344cam a2200337 4500 759163250 TxAuBib 20160921120000.0 160419s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016018581 9781442266896 hbk. : alk. paper $36.00 1442266899 hbk. : alk. paper $36.00 (OCoLC)947953956 DLC rda eng DLC YDX OCLCF NBU GZL OCLCO TxGR TxAuBib Browne-Marshall, Gloria J, author. The voting rights war [Book] : the NAACP and the ongoing struggle for justice / Gloria J. Browne-Marshall ; foreword by Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] xxvi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Time-line of Selected Events and Cases -- One. Born of Bloodshed -- Two. Earning the Vote -- Three. Our First Victory : The Grandfather Clause -- Four. White-Only Primaries -- Five. Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests -- Six. The Voting Rights Act -- Seven. Vote Dilution and Photo Identification Laws -- Appendix A: President Lyndon Baines Johnson Addresses Congress on Passage of the Voting Rights Act -- Appendix B: Memorandum for Mr. Shillady on Negro Suffrage and Disfranchisement. "The Voting Rights War tells the story of the ongoing struggle to achieve voting equality through 100 years of work by the NAACP at the Supreme Court. From Plessy v. Ferguson through today's conflicts around voter suppression, the book highlights the challenges facing African American voters and the work of the NAACP"-- Provided by publisher. 20160921. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People History. African Americans Suffrage History. African Americans Civil rights History. African Americans Politics and government. Social justice United States History. United States Race relations History. Browne-Marshall, Gloria J., Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] Voting rights war. RV8