The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act

Charles S. Bullock III (University of Georgia), Ronald Keith Gaddie (University of Georgia), Justin J. Wert (University of Oklahoma), The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act (Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 2016).

"On June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Shelby County v. Holder, invalidating a key provision of voting rights law. The decision—the culmination of an eight-year battle over the power of Congress to regulate state conduct of elections—marked the closing of a chapter in American politics. That chapter had opened a century earlier in the case of Guinn v. United States, which ushered in national efforts to knock down racial barriers to the ballot. A detailed and timely history, The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act analyzes changing legislation and the future of voting rights in the United States."
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