LEADER 03844cam 22006018i 4500001 on1147905083 003 OCoLC 005 20200928152007.7 008 200403s2020 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 2020015370 019 1147908870 020 9781469660394 |q(cloth ; |qalk. paper) 020 1469660393 020 9781469661391 |q(paperback ; |qalk. paper) 020 146966139X 020 |z9781469660400 |q(ebook) 035 (Sirsi) 40030136046 035 40030136046 035 (OCoLC)1147905083 |z(OCoLC)1147908870 040 NcU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCQ |dYDX |dBDX |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dKUA |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us-nc 050 00 JK1929.N8 |bL45 2020 082 00 324.6/2089960730756 |223 100 1 Leloudis, James L., |eauthor. |=^A376975 245 10 Fragile democracy : |bthe struggle over race and voting rights in North Carolina / |cJames L. Leloudis and Robert R. Korstad. 263 2009 264 1 Chapel Hill : |bThe University of North Carolina Press, |c[2020] 264 4 |c©2020 300 176 pages : |billustrations ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Race and democracy in the long era of Reconstruction -- Jim Crow's regime -- The forgotten Fifties -- Jim Crow's demise -- Reincarnation -- Conclusion: Looking backward to the future. 520 "America is at war with itself over the right to vote, or, more precisely, over the question of who gets to exercise that right and under what circumstances. Conservatives speak in ominous tones of voter fraud so widespread that it threatens public trust in elected government. Progressives counter that fraud is rare and that calls for reforms such as voter ID are part of a campaign to shrink the electorate and exclude some citizens from the political life of the nation. North Carolina is a battleground for this debate, and its history can help us understand why--a century and a half after ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment--we remain a nation divided over the right to vote. In Fragile Democracy, James L. Leloudis and Robert R. Korstad tell the story of race and voting rights, from the end of the Civil War until the present day. They show that battles over the franchise have played out through cycles of emancipatory politics and conservative retrenchment. When race has been used as an instrument of exclusion from political life, the result has been a society in which vast numbers of Americans are denied the elements of meaningful freedom: a good job, a good education, good health, and a good home. That history points to the need for a bold new vision of what democracy looks like"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 African Americans |xSuffrage |zNorth Carolina. |=^A160187 650 0 Suffrage |zNorth Carolina. |=^A32012 651 0 North Carolina |xPolitics and government |y1865-1950. |=^A18839 651 0 North Carolina |xPolitics and government |y1951- |=^A13872 651 0 North Carolina |xRace relations. |=^A378735 650 7 African Americans |xSuffrage. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00799713 650 7 Politics and government. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 Race relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01086509 650 7 Suffrage. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01137187 651 7 North Carolina. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204304 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 Since 1865 |2fast 700 1 Korstad, Robert Rodgers, |eauthor. |=^A245156 949 |i30372017369650 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s15.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5526081