03274cam a22003973u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000090010610000420011524500740015726400510023130000470028233600260032933700260035533800360038149000540041750000310047150505150050250800980101752013860111553400450250165300340254670000530258070000540263370000270268770000180271470000300273283000540276285600430281699900170285935449UtSlPG20260610133817.0mcr n260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE1511 aGrimké, Archibald Henry,d1849-193014aThe Negro and the elective franchise. A series of papers and a sermon 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2011  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aAmerican Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11  aRelease date is 2011-03-010 aThe meaning and need of the movement to reduce southern representation / A. H. Grimké -- The penning of the Negro; the Negro vote in the states of the revised constitutions / C. C. Cook -- The Negro vote in the states whose constitutions have not been specifically revised / J. Hope -- The potentiality of the Negro vote, North and West / John L. Love -- Migration and distribution of the Negro population, as affecting the elective franchise / Kelly Miller -- The Negro and his citizenship / F. J. Grimké.  aProduced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Negro and the Elective Franchise: A Series of Papers and a Sermon" by Archibald H. Grimké and others is a collection of essays and discussions centered around the political rights of African Americans, specifically focusing on their right to vote, written in the early 20th century. The texts reflect on historical injustices stemming from the U.S. Constitution and the systemic efforts to disfranchise Black voters in the Southern states following the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The work serves as a critical examination of the obstacles faced by Black citizens in exercising their electoral rights as well as the political dynamics between the North and South.  The opening of the work presents a comprehensive analysis of the electoral representation of Black Americans, particularly highlighting the impact of the three-fifths compromise and subsequent legislation that sought to reduce their political power. Grimké details how Southern states have systematically suppressed the Negro vote, employing manipulative legal barriers that allow them to count African Americans in their population while simultaneously denying them the right to vote. Furthermore, he warns that this erosion of democratic rights not only harms Black citizens but also undermines the integrity and future of American democracy as a whole. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aAfrican Americans -- Suffrage1 aCook, Charles C.q(Charles Chauveau),d1870-19101 aGrimké, Francis J.q(Francis James),d1850-19371 aHope, John,d1868-19361 aLove, John L.1 aMiller, Kelly,d1863-1939 0aAmerican Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 1140uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35449  c76292d76292