The Voting Rights Act (VRA) is a landmark federal law enacted in 1965 to remove race-based restrictions on voting. It is perhaps the country’s most important voting rights law, with a history that dates to the Civil War. After that conflict ended, a number of constitutional amendments were adopted that addressed the particular circumstances of freed slaves, including the Fifteenth Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote for all U.S. citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." This book provides background information on the historical circumstances that led to the adoption of the VRA, a summary of its major provisions, and a brief discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court decision and related legislation in the 113th Congress.
Harvey Parish
Voting Rights Act [PDF ebook]
Historical Context and Associated Issues and Trends
Voting Rights Act [PDF ebook]
Historical Context and Associated Issues and Trends
Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!
Format PDF ● Pages 167 ● ISBN 9781633219946 ● Editor Harvey Parish ● Publisher Nova Science Publishers ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7224940 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
Requires a DRM capable ebook reader