The Voting Rights War

The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian

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Rowman & Littlefield
22 August 2016

History of the Americas; Black & Asian studies; Civil rights & citizenship; Election law

The Voting Rights War tells the story of the courageous struggle to achieve voting equality through more than one hundred years of work by the NAACP at the Supreme Court. Readers take the journey for voting rights from slavery to the Plessy v. Ferguson case that legalized segregation in 1896 through today’s con?icts around voter suppression. The NAACP brought important cases to the Supreme Court that challenged obstacles to voting: grandfather clauses, all-White primaries, literacy tests, gerrymandering, vote dilution, felony disenfranchisement, and photo identi?cation laws.

This book highlights the challenges facing American voters, especially African Americans, the brave work of NAACP members, and the often contentious relationship between the NAACP and the Supreme Court. This book shows the human price paid for the right to vote and the intellectual stamina needed for each legal battle. The Voting Rights War follows con?icts on the ground and in the courtroom, from post-slavery voting rights and the formation of the NAACP to its ongoing work to gain a basic right guaranteed to every citizen.

Whether through litigation, lobbying, or protest, the NAACP continues to play an unprecedented role in the battle for voting equality in America, ?ghting against prison gerrymandering, racial redistricting, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and more. The Voting Rights War highlights the NAACP’s powerful contribution and legacy.

By: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Foreword by: Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 562g
ISBN: 9781442266896
ISBN 10: 1442266899
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 22 August 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dedication Acknowledgments Introduction 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. References. Index.

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is associate professor of constitutional law at John Jay College (CUNY) and a civil rights attorney. She is the author of Race, Law, and American Society. Browne-Marshall is an award-winning legal correspondent and a playwright. A member of the National Press Club, her weekly columns on the US Supreme Court are syndicated nationwide. She has provided commentary for BBC, CNN, CBS, NPR, C-SPAN, and more. Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian is a renowned voting rights activist, minister, and community organizer. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he was a friend to Martin Luther King, Jr., a Freedom Rider, and leader of numerous civil rights organizations.

Reviews for The Voting Rights War: The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice

America's troubled relationship with voting rights is a long-standing and contentious one. From total exclusion of minorities and women, to poll taxes and grandfather clauses, to gerrymandering, mass incarcerations, and voter ID laws, this has been a pivotal issue in much of our history and it could not be more pointed, profound and relevant than it is today. Many of the voting rights perversities that we thought we had overcome are again acting as a barrier to full voting rights for all our citizens. Gloria Browne-Marshall's excellent new book presents a key part of our evolving battle on voting rights. She discusses, with considerable passion and insight, the role that the NAACP has played in its efforts to move the U.S. toward a system of full and effective voting rights. The many battle scars suffered, lives lost, and hopes dashed are important parts of the story. But so are the courage, hope, and beginnings of progress that Browne-Marshall's book chronicles. She makes our checkered history on voting rights come alive and honors the many heroes and heroines who the NAACP brought to the struggle. -- James R. Silkenat, President (2013-2014), American Bar Association