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California State University, Dominguez Hills
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Created: January 19, 2006
Latest Update: January 19, 2006
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Voting Rights Act

References:

• Effects of Voting Rights Legislation Interpreting a Table.

  The following table compares black voter registration rates with white voter registration rates in seven Southern States in 1965 and 1988: Voter Registration Rates (1965 vs. 1988)

  Voter Registration Rates (1965 vs. 1988)

  	March 1965			November 1988
  	Black	White	Gap	Black	White	Gap
  Alabama	19.3	69.2	49.9	68.4	75.0	6.6
  Georgia	27.4	62.6	35.2	56.8	63.9	7.1
  Louisiana	31.6	80.5	48.9	77.1	75.1	-2.0
  Mississippi	6.7	69.9	63.2	74.2	80.5	6.3
  North Carolina	46.8	96.8	50.0	58.2	65.6	7.4
  South Carolina	37.3	75.7	38.4	56.7	61.8	5.1
  Virginia	38.3	61.1	22.8	63.8	68.5	4.7

  Adapted from Bernard Grofman, Lisa Handley and Richard G. Niemi. 1992. Minority Representation and the Quest for Voting Equality. New York: Cambridge Press, at 23-24/

  Last Revised - March 28, 2005

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