The Voting Rights Act and the two Reconstructions -- Real racial gerrymandering : lessons from L.A. -- Changing the rules to preserve white supremacy in Memphis -- Controlling the "bloc vote" in Georgia -- A century of electoral discrimination in North Carolina -- Traditional districting principles, Texas-style -- Intent and effect in law and history -- Shaw and postmodern equal protection -- History and equality
Summary
This book compares the failed First Reconstruction (after the Civil War) to the relatively successful Second Reconstruction, which encompasses the Civil Rights movement after World War II
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-553) and index
Notes
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Lillian Smith Book Award, 1999
American Political Science Association Ralph J. Bunche Award, 2000