Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote 9781628460490

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Название: Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote
ISBN: 9781628460490
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Региональная и национальная история

История Америк

Этнические исследования

Исследования азиатских и африканских этнических групп

Политика и политический строй

Гражданские права и гражданство

Законодательство о правах человека и гражданских свободах

ISBN-10: 1628460490
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 299
Вес: 0.41 кг.
Дата издания: 30.04.2014
Серия: Margaret walker alexander series in african american studies
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 20|20 black & white photographs
Размер: 218 x 140 x 23
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Regional & national history,Ethnic studies
Подзаголовок: Black mississippians fighting for the right to vote
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In 1961, Forrest County, Mississippi, became a focal point of the civil rights movement when the United States Justice Department filed a lawsuit against its voting registrar Theron Lynd. While 30 percent of the countys residents were black, only twelve black persons were on its voting rolls. United States v. Lynd was the first trial that resulted in the conviction of a southern registrar for contempt of court. The case served as a model for other challenges to voter discrimination in the South and was an important influence in shaping the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Count Them One by One is a comprehensive account of the groundbreaking case written by one of the Justice Departments trial attorneys. Gordon A. Martin, Jr., then a newly minted lawyer, traveled to Hattiesburg from Washington to help shape the federal case against Lynd. He met with and prepared the governments sixteen courageous black witnesses who had been refused registration, found white witnesses, and served as one of the lawyers during the trial. Decades later, Martin returned to Mississippi to find these brave men and women he had never forgotten. He interviewed the still-living witnesseses, their children, and friends. Martin intertwines these current reflections with vivid commentary about the case itself. The result is an impassioned, cogent fusion of reportage, oral history, and memoir about a trial that fundamentally reshaped liberty and the South.

Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote,