Dans Association française d'Etudes Américaines (AFEA)
par Richomme, Olivier
Transatlantica
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The Voting Rights Act at 50: From Vote Participation to Meaningful Representation
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Date
- 2015-12-11T01:00:00Z
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Notes
- Discussion about black suffrage in the US began in earnest on April 11, 1865. Two days after General Robert E. Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia, and with the end of the Civil War in sight, Abraham Lincoln came to the window of the White House to give what turned out to be his last speech. He laid out his vision for the post-war nation and proposed giving some Blacks, especially those who had fought in the war, the right to vote. It was the first time an American president en...
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