City son : Andrew W. Cooper's impact on modern-day Brooklyn / Wayne Dawkins.

City son : Andrew W. Cooper's impact on modern-day Brooklyn / Wayne Dawkins.

In 1966, a year after the Voting Rights Act began liberating millions of southern blacks, New Yorkers challenged a political system that weakened their voting power. Andrew W. Cooper (1927-2002), a beer company employee, sued state officials in a case called Cooper vs. Power. In 1968, the courts agr...

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Main Author: Dawkins, Wayne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2012.
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
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Cooper, Andrew W., > 1927-2002.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Politics and government > 20th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
African American journalists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Biography.
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