On account of race : the Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the ravaging of African American voting rights
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Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press, [2022].
Edition
First paperback edition.
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xii, 283 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint Press, [2022].
Format
Book
Edition
First paperback edition.
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index.
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"Beginning in 1876, the Court systematically dismantled both the equal protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment, at least for African-Americans, and what seemed to be the guarantee of the right to vote in the Fifteenth. And so, of the more than 500,000 African-Americans who had registered to vote across the South, the vast majority former slaves, by 1906, less than ten percent remained. Many of those were terrified to go the polls, lest they be beaten, murdered, or have their homes burned to the ground. None of this was done in the shadows-those determined to wrest the vote from black Americans could not have been more boastful in either intent or execution. But the Court chose to ignore the obvious and wrote decisions at odds with the Constitution, preferring to instead reinforce the racial stereotypes of the day. "Whites Only" tells the story of an American tragedy, the only occasion in United States history in which a group of citizens who had been granted the right to vote then had it stripped away. Even more unjust was that this theft of voting rights was done with full approval, even the sponsorship, of the United States Supreme Court"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Goldstone, L. (2022). On account of race: the Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the ravaging of African American voting rights (First paperback edition.). Counterpoint Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-. 2022. On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights. Counterpoint Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-. On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights Counterpoint Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Goldstone, Lawrence. On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights First paperback edition., Counterpoint Press, 2022.
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