The Constitution and the Right to Vote

The Constitution and the Right to Vote (1959)

Released Documentary · 29 min

 

The Constitution and the Right to Vote (1959)

Released Documentary · 29 min

 

Follows the efforts to gain the right to vote for Negroes through a succession of legal decision and social changes. Dramatizes the case of Smith vs. Allwright et al. Reviews the long conflict to extend voting rights to a large electorate beginning with the Constitutional Convention's compromise over dropping property requirements through and including the enactment of the 15th and 19th Amendments to the Constitution. Cites legal precedents established by... see more

Follows the efforts to gain the right to vote for Negroes through a succession of legal decision and social changes. Dramatizes the case of Smith vs. Allwright et al. Reviews the long conflict to extend voting rights to a large electorate beginning with the Constitutional Convention's compromise over dropping property requirements through and including the enactment of the 15th and 19th Amendments to the Constitution. Cites legal precedents established by... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jan 1, 1959
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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