Background
Lawson, Steven F. was born on June 14, 1945 in New York City. Son of Murray and Ceil (Parker) Lawson.
(Black Ballots is an in-depth look at suffrage expansion i...)
Black Ballots is an in-depth look at suffrage expansion in the South from World War II through the Johnson administration. Steven Lawson focuses on the "Second Reconstruction"―the struggle of blacks to gain political power in the South through the ballot-which both whites and black perceived to be a key element in the civil rights process. Examining the struggle of civil rights groups to enfranchise Negroes, Lawson also analyzes the responses of federal and local officials to those efforts. He describes the various techniques―from the white primary, the poll tax, literacy tests, and restrictive registration procedures through sheer intimidation―that were developed by white southerners to perpetuate disfranchisement and the sundry methods used by blacks and their white allies to challenge them.
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Lawson, Steven F. was born on June 14, 1945 in New York City. Son of Murray and Ceil (Parker) Lawson.
Bachelor, City College of New York, 1966. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1974.
Instructor University South Florida, 1972—1974, assistant professor, 1974—1978, associate professor, 1978—1986, department chairman, 1983—1986, professor, since 1986.
(Black Ballots is an in-depth look at suffrage expansion i...)
Member of Southern History Association, Organization American Historians, American History Association, Phi Alpha Theta.