Sixty Years of the Voting Rights Act: Progress and Pitfalls
(2024)
Journal Article
Bernini, A., Facchini, G., Tabellini, M., & Testa, C. (in press). Sixty Years of the Voting Rights Act: Progress and Pitfalls. Oxford Review of Economic Policy,
We review the literature on the effects of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), which removed formal restrictions to Black political participation. After a brief description of racial discrimination suffered by Black Americans since Reconstruction, we i... Read More about Sixty Years of the Voting Rights Act: Progress and Pitfalls.