How Many Blacks Are Registered To Vote In America

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The Voting Rights Act and Black Registration in Mississippi

Publius

Vol. xvi, No. 4, Assessing the Effects of the U.Southward. Voting Rights Act (Fall, 1986)

, pp. 123-137 (xv pages)

Published Past: Oxford Academy Printing

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Abstract

The impact of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) on black registration in Mississippi was dramatic. Black registration increased from 28,500 in 1965 to 406,000 in 1984. The influence of the VRA on black registration, however, varied across Mississippi counties. The touch of the VRA was especially evident in counties having a big number of unregistered blacks. The presence of a large number of unregistered blacks apparently stimulated a high level of civil rights activeness, which then provoked federal intervention. However, blacks are registered at lower rates than whites; blacks are less likely to vote than whites; and blacks are less likely than whites to be elected to public office.

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