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Bending Toward Justice : The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of

Bending Toward Justice : The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy Hardcover - 2013

by Gary May

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  • Hardcover

Celebrated historian May describes how activists surmounted long-standing obstacles for the African-American vote, overcoming centuries of bigotry to secure--and preserve--the right of black citizens to full participation in American democracy in a vivid narrative history.

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Basic Books, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Bending Toward Justice : The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy
  • Author Gary May
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date 2013
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0465018467I4N00
  • ISBN 9780465018468 / 0465018467
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.53 x 6.51 x 1.16 in (24.21 x 16.54 x 2.95 cm)
  • Reading level 1210
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, African Americans - Suffrage - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012039652
  • Dewey Decimal Code 342.730

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2013, Page 4
  • Choice, 10/01/2013, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/2013, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 03/01/2013, Page 81
  • New York Review of Books, 08/15/2013, Page 37
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/28/2013, Page 0

About the author

Gary May is a professor of history at the University of Delaware. Winner of the Allan Nevins Prize of the Society of American Historians and author of four books, including The Informant: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo, May lives in Newark, Delaware.