| Record ID | marc_loc_updates/v36.i37.records.utf8:13842757:1546 |
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LEADER: 01546nam a22003138a 4500
001 2008038392
003 DLC
005 20080911171121.0
008 080910s2008 miu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008038392
020 $a9780780810488 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aJK1924$b.H55 2008
082 00 $a324.6/20973$222
100 1 $aHillstrom, Laurie Collier,$d1965-
245 14 $aThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 /$cby Laurie Collier Hillstrom.
260 $aDetroit :$bOmnigraphics, Inc.,$c2008.
263 $a0810
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aDefining moments
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe Jim Crow South -- Boycotts, sit-ins, and freedom rides -- The march on Washington -- Freedom Summer -- Showdown in Selma -- The Voting Rights Act becomes law -- Legacy of the Voting Rights Act -- Biographies -- Primary sources.
520 $a"Explains the events that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Details both the racial discrimination and violence that pervaded the South and the civil rights protests that changed American voting rights. Features include a narrative overview, biographies, primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xSuffrage.
610 10 $aUnited States.$tVoting Rights Act of 1965
650 0 $aSuffrage$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1963-1969.
650 0 $aElection law$zUnited States.