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100	1		_aGrimké, Archibald Henry, _d1849-1930
245	1	4	_aThe Negro and the elective franchise. A series of papers and a sermon
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2011
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aAmerican Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11
500			_aRelease date is 2011-03-01
505	0		_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.
508			_aProduced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520			_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.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aAfrican Americans -- Suffrage
700	1		_aCook, Charles C. _q(Charles Chauveau), _d1870-1910
700	1		_aGrimké, Francis J. _q(Francis James), _d1850-1937
700	1		_aHope, John, _d1868-1936
700	1		_aLove, John L.
700	1		_aMiller, Kelly, _d1863-1939
830		0	_aAmerican Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35449
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