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Voting Rights, Deindustrialization, and Republican Ascendancy in the South
Here is a new paper from Gavin Wright: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 revolutionized politics in the American South. These changes also had economic consequences, generating gains for white as well as Black southerners. Contrary to the widespread belief that the region turned Republican in direct response to the Civil Rights Revolution, expanded voting […] The post Voting Rights, Deindustrialization, and Republican Ascendancy in the South appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
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