When the letter betrays the spirit [electronic resource] : voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama / Tyson D. King-Meadows.

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Main Author: King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
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When the Letter Betrays the Spirit: Voting Rights Enforcement and African American Participation From Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama
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260 |a Lanham, Md. :  |b Lexington Books,  |c c2011. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : congressional authority and voting rights enforcement -- Part I : A retrospective and prospective look at the Voting Rights Act -- Why discretion matters in voting rights enforcement -- Obama's inheritance : the Johnson framework, the VRA, and faith in federal power -- Part II. The challenge to congressional authority -- Misdirections : political theatre and the 2006 reauthorization of section 5 -- Partisan spoils of office : a post-Shaw judicial philosophy of civic literacy -- Is "Bull Connor" dead? Contemporary public opinion on voting rights policy -- A battle of principals : Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush Administration -- The macro-political context shaping enfranchisement -- Conclusion : regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics. 
610 1 0 |a United States.  |t Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
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