Sixty years of the Voting Rights Act: progress and pitfalls

We review the literature on the effects of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), which removed formal restrictions to Black political participation. After a brief description of racial discrimination suffered by Black Americans since Reconstruction, we introduce the goals that the VRA was meant to achie...

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Main Authors: Bernini, A, Facchini, G, Tabellini, M, Testa, C
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2024