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Barth on equality and the courts in American history
Alan Barth surveys the gap between the ideal of equality and its reality, reviewing Supreme Court rulings on equal protection, gender and race. He notes 1920 voting rights, 1964 civil rights laws, and the one person one vote doctrine from Reynolds v. Sims, emphasizing ongoing progress toward true democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Issues Forum
Alan Barth
Washington Post
Supreme Court
University of California Extension
San Diego
National Endowment For the Humanities
Warren
Reynolds
America
Doris Kearns
Harvard University
Congress
Washington, D.C