A Voting Rights Odyssey Black Enfranchisement in Georgia [Paperback]

Details the efforts of the white leadership in Georgia to deny blacks their voting rights.A Voting Rights Odyssey is the story of the efforts of the white leadership in Georgia to maintain white supremacy by denying blacks the right to vote and hold elected office. The events are set out chronologically. The prose is clear and direct, and avoids the legalese that infects much legal writing. The story is told in large part by the participants themselves, from Alexander H. Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, to Carl Sanders, governor of Georgia, to Emma Gresham, mayor of Keysville in rural Burke County. Among the strengths of the book are its steady focus and in depth concentration on one state.A Voting Rights Odyssey is the story of the efforts of the white leadership in Georgia to maintain white supremacy by denying blacks the right to vote and hold elected office. The events are set out chronologically. The prose is clear and direct, and avoids the legalese that infects much legal writing. The story is told in large part by the participants themselves, from Alexander H. Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, to Carl Sanders, governor of Georgia, to Emma Gresham, mayor of Keysville in rural Burke County. Among the strengths of the book are its steady focus and in depth concentration on one state.A Voting Rights Odyssey is the story of the efforts of the white leadership in Georgia to maintain white supremacy by denying blacks the right to vote and hold elected office. Narrated chronologically, most of the story is told by those who participated; from Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, to Carl Sanders, Governor of Georgia, to Emma Gresham, Mayor of Keysville in rural Burke County.1. The voting rights act of 1965: a great divide; 2. After the civil war: recreating 'the white man's Georgia'; 3. The dawning of a new day: abolition of the white primary; 4. Passage of the civil rights act of 1957: the white response; 5. One plÃÄ