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The Voting Rights War tells the story of the courageous struggle to
achieve voting equality through more than one hundred years of work
by the NAACP at the Supreme Court. Readers take the journey for
voting rights from slavery to the Plessy v. Ferguson case that
legalized segregation in 1896 through today's conflicts around
voter suppression. The NAACP brought important cases to the Supreme
Court that challenged obstacles to voting: grandfather clauses,
all-White primaries, literacy tests, gerrymandering, vote dilution,
felony disenfranchisement, and photo identification laws. This book
highlights the challenges facing American voters, especially
African Americans, the brave work of NAACP members, and the often
contentious relationship between the NAACP and the Supreme Court.
This book shows the human price paid for the right to vote and the
intellectual stamina needed for each legal battle. The Voting
Rights War follows conflicts on the ground and in the courtroom,
from post-slavery voting rights and the formation of the NAACP to
its ongoing work to gain a basic right guaranteed to every citizen.
Whether through litigation, lobbying, or protest, the NAACP
continues to play an unprecedented role in the battle for voting
equality in America, fighting against prison gerrymandering, racial
redistricting, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and more. The
Voting Rights War highlights the NAACP's powerful contribution and
legacy.
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