Marsha Darling holds a doctorate of law. She has taught history at Georgetown University and is currently director of the African American Studies Department at Adelphi University in New York.

• Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 4a Brief Submitted by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965; Chapter 8 Voting Rights Act Extension, House of Representatives, 94 th Congress, 1 st Session, Report No. 94–196; Chapter 9 Alternative Voting Systems as Remedies for Unlawful At-Large Systems; Chapter 10 The 1982 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act, Thomas M. Boyd, Stephen J. Markman; Chapter 11 The Constitutional Imperative of Proportional Representation; Chapter 12 Geometry and Geography; Chapter 13 The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons; Chapter 14 The Myth of Colorblindness, David A. Strauss; Chapter 15 Book Review, Pamela S. Karlan, Peyton McCrary; Chapter 16 Keeping the Courts Honest:, Peyton McCrary, J. Gerald Hebert;

Marsha Darling holds a doctorate of law. She has taught history at Georgetown University and is currently director of the African American Studies Department at Adelphi University in New York.

• Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 4a Brief Submitted by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965; Chapter 8 Voting Rights Act Extension, House of Representatives, 94 th Congress, 1 st Session, Report No. 94–196; Chapter 9 Alternative Voting Systems as Remedies for Unlawful At-Large Systems; Chapter 10 The 1982 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act, Thomas M. Boyd, Stephen J. Markman; Chapter 11 The Constitutional Imperative of Proportional Representation; Chapter 12 Geometry and Geography; Chapter 13 The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons; Chapter 14 The Myth of Colorblindness, David A. Strauss; Chapter 15 Book Review, Pamela S. Karlan, Peyton McCrary; Chapter 16 Keeping the Courts Honest:, Peyton McCrary, J. Gerald Hebert;

Marsha Darling holds a doctorate of law. She has taught history at Georgetown University and is currently director of the African American Studies Department at Adelphi University in New York.

• Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 4a Brief Submitted by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965; Chapter 8 Voting Rights Act Extension, House of Representatives, 94 th Congress, 1 st Session, Report No. 94–196; Chapter 9 Alternative Voting Systems as Remedies for Unlawful At-Large Systems; Chapter 10 The 1982 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act, Thomas M. Boyd, Stephen J. Markman; Chapter 11 The Constitutional Imperative of Proportional Representation; Chapter 12 Geometry and Geography; Chapter 13 The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons; Chapter 14 The Myth of Colorblindness, David A. Strauss; Chapter 15 Book Review, Pamela S. Karlan, Peyton McCrary; Chapter 16 Keeping the Courts Honest:, Peyton McCrary, J. Gerald Hebert;