| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 918, I-22 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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V. 1, ch 1. The state of African American election data ; ch 2. The literature on the African American electorate ; ch 3. The African American electorate in the colonial era, 1610-1773 ; ch 4. The African American electorate in the revolutionary era, 1774-1789 ; ch 5. The electoral context in antebellum America, 1788-1861 : the impact of the three-fifths clause ; ch 6. The African American electorate in antebellum and Civil War America, 1788-1867 ; ch 7. The reversal of African American suffrage rights prior to the fifteenth amendment, 1788-1870 ; ch 8. Suffrage referenda prior to the fifteenth amendment, 1846-1870 ; ch 9. Voting behavior of the African American electorate prior to the fifteenth amendment, 1788-1870 ; ch 10. The first African American nominees and public office holders, 1776-1870 ; ch 11. The National Equal Rights League ; ch 12. The Civil War election and the African American soldiers' vote, 1864 ; ch 13. African American voter registration and turnout in 1867 southern state elections : the first, second, third, and fourth military reconstruction acts ; ch 14. African American voting behavior in the first presidential and congressional elections after the abolition of slavery in the south, 1868 and 1872 |
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Ch 15. African American voting behavior in the first presidential and congressional elections after the abolition of slavery in the border, midwest, and far west states, 1868 and 1872 ; ch 16. African American voting behavior in subsequent elections through disenfranchisement, 1868-1920 ; ch 17. African American voting and non-voting behavior in the era of disenfranchisement (1888-1908) and beyond ; ch 18. The lodge bill and beyond : proposed federal supervision of federal elections in the south, 1861-1921 ; ch 19. African American voters and electoral empowerment in the north, 1876-1944 : a mobilizer of the re-enfranchisement drive in the south ; ch 20. The enfranchisement of African American women, 1669-1921 ; ch 21. The electoral revolt of African American voters in 1920-1921 and beyond -- v. 2, ch 22. African American registration and voting in the south, 1920-1944 ; ch 23. African American registration and voting in the south, 1944-1965 ; ch 24. Rare African American registration and voting data : episodic events from the 1920s-1964 ; ch 25. The 1965 voting rights act, expansions and renewals, 1970, 1975, 1928, 1992, and 2006 ; ch 26. Felon and ex-felon disenfranchisement : the newest technique of vote dilution and candidate diminution ; ch 27. African American voting rights in a historic presidential election : the 2008 election of president Barack Obama ; ch 28. Summary and conclusions |
| Summary |
Explores the relationship between voters and political candidates, identifying critical variables, and situate African Americans' voting behavior and political phenomena in the context of America's political history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Suffrage -- History -- Statistics
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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African Americans -- Suffrage
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Statistics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Puckett, Sherman C., 1948-
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Deskins, Donald Richard.
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| ISBN |
9781452234380 |
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1452234388 |
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