When the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 granted African Americans the right to vote, it seemed as if a new era of political equality was at hand. Before long, howe

On cover, the word "right" has an x drawn over the letter "r" with the letter "f" above it.

This work is the first systematic attempt to measure the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, commonly regarded as the most effective civil rights legislati

"A Twentieth Century Fund study."Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [257]-302.