Breathing Life into The Voting Rights Act. The Fight Against Modern Day Voter Suppression
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2014
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology
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This thesis analyzes the continued relevance of the Voting Rights Act in the aftermath of
the United States Supreme Court Shelby County v. Holder decision and in the midst of 21st
Century voter suppression laws. This discussion begins at the struggle to achieve political
equality and chronicles the subsequent legislative battle, passage and success of the Voting
Rights Act. On the basis of data on voter discrimination around the country, I conclude by
proposing a rewriting of Section 4 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act in order to achieve racial
equity in a changing political landscape.