Pinckney, Darryl

Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy

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ISBN 13:
9781681375595
author:
Pinckney, Darryl
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
The New York Review of Books, Inc
language:
English
Publication Year:
2020
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 centimeters (0.3
Genre:
Nonfiction, Social Sciences, African-American Studies,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 20 working days
£11.81

Description

Darryl Pinckney's Blackballed is a thought-provoking exploration of black electoral politics and its lasting impact on US democracy. This collection combines memoir, historical narrative, and contemporary analysis to examine the struggle for voting rights from Reconstruction to the present day. Pinckney draws on a range of sources, including scholarly work, civil rights memoirs, and the writings of prominent black leaders, to investigate disagreements among blacks about achieving equality in American society and the ways in which they created the Democratic voting bloc that contributed to Barack Obama's election as US President. The book also includes Pinckney's own reflections on growing up during the civil rights era and his parents' reactions to the changing social landscape. In recent years, ongoing efforts by Republicans to suppress the black vote have continued, with a particular focus on the Supreme Court's decision striking down part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This new essay provides timely insight into these developments and their implications for US democracy.

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