An American Problem
How the Country Built—and the Supreme Court Broke—the Voting Rights Act
$49.30
- Hardcover
376 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2026
Summary
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally made good on the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment, which nearly a century before had granted Black Americans the right to vote. The Voting Rights Act was the crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, which had battled for years against voting laws that made it all but impossible for Black Americans to cast a ballot. The act was a resounding success, bringing Americans of all races and ethnicities into the democratic process. And then, in 2013, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691285504 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691285500 |
| Author: | Professor Michael G. Miller, Research Fellow Kevin T. Morris, Michael G. Miller, Kevin T. Morris |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
Professor Michael G. Miller
Michael G. Miller is professor of political science at Barnard College of Columbia University. He is the coauthor of Small Power and the author of Subsidizing Democracy.
Kevin T. Morris is senior research fellow and voting policy scholar at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
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