Colorblind injustice minority voting rights and the undoing of the Second Reconstruction - Kousser, J. Morgan (University of North Carolina Press, 1999)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [517]-553) and index
The Voting Rights Act and the two Reconstructions -- Real racial gerrymandering : lessons from L.A. -- Changing the rules to preserve white supremacy in Memphis -- Controlling the "bloc vote" in Georgia -- A century of electoral discrimination in North Carolina -- Traditional districting principles, Texas-style -- Intent and effect in law and history -- Shaw and postmodern equal protection -- History and equality
This book compares the failed First Reconstruction (after the Civil War) to the relatively successful Second Reconstruction, which encompasses the Civil Rights movement after World War II.