Clarence Mitchell Jr.

Gebundenes Buch

The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume VI

The Struggle to Pass the 1960 Civil Rights Act, 1959-1960

Herausgeber: Watson, Denton L.

Beschreibung

The Civil Rights Act of 1960 attempted to rectify loopholes in the 1957 Civil Rights Act that had enabled southern states to continue disenfranchising Black voters and, in Texas, Mexican Americans. The legislation called for federal inspection of voter registration polls and introduced penalties for obstructing a person from registering to vote.

Autor

Clarence Mitchell Jr. (1911-84) was a civil rights activist and, for nearly thirty years, a chief lobbyist for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Nicknamed the "101st Senator," he was instrumental to the successful passage of the most consequential US civil rights legislative acts of the 1950s and 1960s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ohio University Press
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 159mm x 243mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1082g
• ISBN-13: 9780821424605
• ISBN-10: 0821424602
• Artikelnr.: 65472115