Carolyn Click

Gebundenes Buch

The Cost of the Vote

George Elmore and the Battle for the Ballot

Beschreibung

On August 13, 1946, George Elmore arrived at his regular polling place in Columbia, South Carolina. He requested a ballot to vote in the Democratic Party primary but was turned away. In this book, Carolyn Click tells the story of Elmore and the activists and lawyers who successfully challenged the all-white primary in South Carolina.

Autor

Carolyn Click is a long-time journalist, first in Virginia, where she was the Virginia editor for United Press International (UPI). She came to The State in 1994 where she worked as both and editor and a reporter. She received the James K. Batten Knight Ridder Excellence Award in 2003 for coverage of civil rights. Currently she is an instructor at the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 162mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781643365121
• ISBN-10: 1643365126
• Artikelnr.: 70252208