Project Gutenberg 2011-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 253 Grimké, Archibald Henry 1849 1930 Grimke, Archibald Henry Grimké, Archibald H. Cook, Charles C. (Charles Chauveau) 1870 1910 Cook, Charles Chauveau Grimké, Francis J. (Francis James) 1850 1937 Grimké, Francis James Grimke, Francis J. (Francis James) Grimké, Frank J. Hope, John 1868 1936 Love, John L. Miller, Kelly 1863 1939 The Negro and the elective franchise. A series of papers and a sermon American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11 The meaning and need of the movement to reduce southern representation / A. H. Grimké -- The penning of the Negro; the Negro vote in the states of the revised constitutions / C. C. Cook -- The Negro vote in the states whose constitutions have not been specifically revised / J. Hope -- The potentiality of the Negro vote, North and West / John L. Love -- Migration and distribution of the Negro population, as affecting the elective franchise / Kelly Miller -- The Negro and his citizenship / F. J. Grimké. Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Negro and the Elective Franchise: A Series of Papers and a Sermon" by Archibald H. Grimké and others is a collection of essays and discussions centered around the political rights of African Americans, specifically focusing on their right to vote, written in the early 20th century. The texts reflect on historical injustices stemming from the U.S. Constitution and the systemic efforts to disfranchise Black voters in the Southern states following the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The work serves as a critical examination of the obstacles faced by Black citizens in exercising their electoral rights as well as the political dynamics between the North and South. The opening of the work presents a comprehensive analysis of the electoral representation of Black Americans, particularly highlighting the impact of the three-fifths compromise and subsequent legislation that sought to reduce their political power. Grimké details how Southern states have systematically suppressed the Negro vote, employing manipulative legal barriers that allow them to count African Americans in their population while simultaneously denying them the right to vote. Furthermore, he warns that this erosion of democratic rights not only harms Black citizens but also undermines the integrity and future of American democracy as a whole. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 53.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en African Americans -- Suffrage E151 Text Category: History - American Category: Politics 303445 2025-07-14T11:01:03.019897 text/html 303321 2011-03-01T20:56:14 text/html 212321 2025-07-14T11:01:14.882820 application/epub+zip 304653 2025-01-14T12:03:47.793319 application/pdf 304651 2025-01-14T12:03:37.876390 application/pdf 212299 2025-07-14T11:01:08.988902 application/epub+zip 182094 2025-07-14T11:01:06.278878 application/epub+zip 467287 2025-07-14T11:01:18.236811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455701 2025-07-14T11:01:12.874852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404494 2022-09-16T09:02:08.460836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266646 2025-07-14T11:01:02.415900 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 266929 2011-03-01T20:56:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 256272 2011-03-01T20:56:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 256272 2011-03-01T20:56:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30441 2025-07-14T11:01:18.407808 application/rdf+xml 256316 2025-07-14T11:01:02.295933 text/x-rst 256312 2011-03-01T20:56:22 text/x-rst 25410 2025-07-14T11:01:07.310843 image/jpeg 4800 2025-07-14T11:01:06.869848 image/jpeg 92193 2011-03-01T20:56:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 91642 2011-03-01T20:56:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 99518 2011-03-01T20:56:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 92400 2011-03-01T20:56:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 91620 2011-03-01T20:56:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 199689 2025-07-14T11:01:03.041864 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia