The Right to Vote Politics and the Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment

Originally published in 1965. The Right to Vote covers the immediate background, passage, and ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. Gillette contends that the Fifteenth Amendment was intended to give voting rights to African Americans in the north, sidelining those in the south. African American...

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Main Author: Gillette, William (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2019
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