18 Aug freedom is not enough
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Ronald Walters opens his book by stating, “Freedom, to those who have the power and citizenship, means the enjoyment of the absence of political restraint on the exercise of civil rights – one of the renowned features of American democracy.” As described by Carol Anderson, Margaret Kimberley, and Ronald Walters, the meaning and status of freedom has differed for Black Americans during every era of American history. Using the Voting Rights Act as an example, assess Walters’ central thesis that “freedom is not enough.”
Source:
Walters, Ronald W. (2005). Freedom Is Not Enough: Black Voters, Black Candidates and American
Presidential Politics.
Copy of the book can be found here: https://archive.org/details/freedomisnotenou00walt/page/n263/mode/2up
Video:
A Conversation with Ronald W. Walters Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZf1t5-C7Ns
A Conversation with Ronald W. Walters Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDZLkgbKkVc
