Protest, Voting Rights, and the Struggle for Racial Equality

wisdom in how to deny voting rights to blacks. This religious culture has played into remarkably

After the passage of sweeping civil rights and voting rights legislation in 1964 and 1965, the

a crucial role in the shaping of the American experiment. Yet still, this powerful voting bloc is

were tying their conservative faith to advocacy for reforms in public education, voting rights, and the

fact that is necessarily overlooked in conventional analyses of voting patterns, partisan affiliation