“Restoration” and representation: Legislative consequences of Black disfranchisement in the American South, 1879–1916

• Published in: American journal of political science
• Main Author: Olson, Michael P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 25.05.2024

Abstract The elimination of Black voting in the U.S. South after Reconstruction is the most significant instance of democratic backsliding in American history. I use newly collected state legislative roll call data from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, consisting of more than 19,40...