Description: In this vivid and timely book, Gary May provides a detailed history of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He tells the story of those activists who fought to ensure that all Americans would have the right to vote and outlines the political battles in Washington prior to the law's passage.
Review Quotes: "Bending Toward Justice is a book of the classical phase [of the Civil Rights Movement], a lively and unabashedly partisan account of Selma and the Voting Rights Act. . . . May tells the story in his own way, and he is able to add many details." --Louis Menand "The New Yorker"