Living in Infamy uncovers the origins of felon disfranchisement and traces the expansion of the practice to felons regardless of race and its spread beyond the South, establishing a system that affects the American electoral process today.
Living in Infamy uncovers the origins of felon disfranchisement and traces the expansion of the practice to felons regardless of race and its spread beyond the South, establishing a system that affects the American electoral process today.
Pippa Holloway is Professor of History at Middle Tennessee State University. She is the author of Sexuality, Politics, and Social Control in Virginia, 1920-1945 and Other Souths: Diversity and Difference in the U.S. South, Reconstruction to Present.
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Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. "Not infamous, nor subject to another man's will" 2. "Disqualified in Advance" 3. "A Chicken-Stealer Shall Lose His Vote" 4. Furtive Offenses and Robust Crimes 5. Making New Men: Pardons and Restorations of Citizenship Rights 6. Courts, Voting Rights, and Black Protest in the Early 20th Century 7. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. "Not infamous, nor subject to another man's will" 2. "Disqualified in Advance" 3. "A Chicken-Stealer Shall Lose His Vote" 4. Furtive Offenses and Robust Crimes 5. Making New Men: Pardons and Restorations of Citizenship Rights 6. Courts, Voting Rights, and Black Protest in the Early 20th Century 7. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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