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This book discusses how the Fifteenth Amendment and the 1965 Voting Rights Act transformed American politics, and looks at the role major civil rights groups have played in lobbying for extensions and amendments in order to insure that its provisions would be enforced.

With the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the right of minorities to register and vote was largely secured. It was soon discovered, however, that minority voting did not guarantee the election of minorities or minority-preferred candidates. Indeed, efforts by states and localities in the second half of the 1960s were aimed at denying any substantial minority representation to go along with the ability to cast ballots. Eventually congr...

This book is the most up-to-date treatment of voting rights law and the numerous controversies surrounding minority representation. The authors have extensive firsthand experience in both the legal battles and the scholarly examination of these issues.