The Voting Rights Act of 1965

By Laurie Collier Hillstrom

Subjects: Politics and government, African Americans, Suffrage, United States, Election law

Description: "Explains the events that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Details both the racial discrimination and violence that pervaded the South and the civil rights protests that changed American voting rights. Features include a narrative overview, biographies, primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.