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

Author/Contributor(s):	May, Gary
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	12/26/2014
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In this vivid and timely book, Gary May provides a detailed history of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He tells the story of those activists who fought to ensure that all Americans would have the right to vote and outlines the political battles in Washington prior to the law's passage.