The Importance Of The Voting Rights For African Americans

Register to read the introduction… It’s important for me to know my past in order for me to understand how far we’ve come. By completing my research I plan to gain knowledge about the subject and I also hope to encourage African Americans to exercise their right to vote. IV. Background of the Problem The need for my study relies solely on the fact that African Americans don’t go out and vote they way they should. The pass presidential election brought out the most African Americans in a long time and it shouldn’t be like that. But I believe if more African Americans knew of the struggles our people went through to gain these rights, and then maybe they wouldn’t take them for granted. V. Rationale My research is necessary because African Americans need to know the importance of voting. This issue is important at the present time because African Americans don’t go out and vote like they should. There should be no reason as to why African Americans who is eligible to vote, doesn’t show up to the polls. Even though my topic occurred in 1965, 45 years later, its still a major issue, because even though we now have the right, it’s still not being exercised and that’s not …show more content…
Statement of Qualification I am more than qualified to carry out this research because I am highly educated on the situation and my research can only add to what I’m already knowledgeable of. I have studied the basics of law for 4 years and I full understand this legal situation. My first time voting was in 2008, and I witness first had the mass amounts of African Americans that came out to the polls, so I can also relate form a personal experience. VII. Preliminary Sources Survey 1. Valelly, Richard. The Voting Rights Act. CQ Press, 2005. 400. Print. 2. Aretha, David. Selma and the Voting Rights Act: The Civil Rights Movement. Morgan Reynolds Publishing, 2007. 128. Print. 3. Blum, Edward. The Unintended Consequences of Section 5 of the Voting Rights . Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, 2007. 88. Print. 4. Foster, Lorn. The Voting Rights Act: Consequences and Implications . Praeger Publishers, 1985. 224. Print. 5. "The 1965 Enactment." United States Department of Justice. 2008. US Government, Web. 22 Feb 2010. . VIII. Research Methods and Materials 3x5 index cards 5x7 index cards Research folder Access to the