TY - BOOK AU - May,Gary TI - Bending toward justice: the Voting Rights Act and the transformation of American democracy SN - 9780465018468 (hbk. : alk. paper) AV - KF4893 .M11 U1 - 342.73/072 23 PY - 2013///] CY - New York PB - Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group KW - United States KW - Voting Rights Act of 1965 KW - African Americans KW - Suffrage KW - History KW - Minorities KW - Election law N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-301) and index; Prologue: The most powerful instrument -- Planting the First Seed -- An Ideal Place -- "Give Us the Ballot!" -- Nothing Can Stop Us -- To the Promised Land -- The Die Is Cast -- Breaking down injustice-- Where the Votes Are -- The Struggle of a Lifetime ER -