The Dream Is Lost: Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond, Virginia 9780813178462

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Автор: Hayter Julian Maxwell
Название: The Dream Is Lost: Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond, Virginia
ISBN: 9780813178462
Издательство: Marston Book Services
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История

История Америк

Этнические исследования

Политика и политический строй

Гражданские права и гражданство

ISBN-10: 0813178460
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 346
Вес: 0.53 кг.
Дата издания: 16.08.2019
Серия: Civil rights and the struggle for black equality in the twentieth century
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 13 b/w photos, 26 tables, 1 figure
Размер: 151 x 228 x 22
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: History
Подзаголовок: Voting rights and the politics of race in richmond, virginia
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Once the capital of the Confederacy and the industrial hub of slave-based tobacco production, Richmond, Virginia has been largely overlooked in the context of twentieth century urban and political history. By the early 1960s, the city served as an important center for integrated politics, as African Americans fought for fair representation and mobilized voters in order to overcome discriminatory policies. Richmonds African Americans struggled to serve their growing communities in the face of unyielding discrimination. Yet, due to their dedication to strengthening the Voting Rights Act of 1965, African American politicians held a city council majority by the late 1970s. In The Dream Is Lost, Julian Maxwell Hayter describes more than three decades of national and local racial politics in Richmond and illuminates the unintended consequences of civil rights legislation. He uses the citys experience to explain the political abuses that often accompany American electoral reforms and explores the arc of mid-twentieth-century urban history. In so doing, Hayter not only reexamines the civil rights movements origins, but also seeks to explain the political, economic, and social implications of the freedom struggle following the major legislation of the 1960s. Hayter concludes his study in the 1980s and follows black voter mobilization to its rational conclusion - black empowerment and governance. However, he also outlines how Richmonds black majority council struggled to the meet the challenges of economic forces beyond the realm of politics. The Dream Is Lost vividly illustrates the limits of political power, offering an important view of an underexplored aspect of the post--civil rights era.

The Dream Is Lost: Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond, Virginia, Hayter Julian Maxwell