A War of Sections: How Deep South Political Suppression Shaped Voting Rights in America

by Steve Suitts

In a sweeping reinterpretation of the history of disfranchisement, Steve Suitts illuminates how a century of political conflicts in Alabama came to shape both some of America's best achievements in voting rights and its continuing struggles over voter suppression. A War of Sections tells the unknown political history symbolized today by the annual pilgrimage of presidents and celebrities across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It is the story of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588385132
• ISBN13: 9781588385130
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 8.8"