Gary May

University of Delaware

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Professor of History at the University of Delaware and author of Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy

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Ava DuVernay’s Selma has come under fire from historians who say the film mischaracterizes Lyndon B. Johnson’s attitude towards the Voting Rights Act.

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Section 5 of the  Voting Rights Act  covers all of nine states and localities in seven others whose histories of racial discrimination in voting led Congress to require them to get…

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