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Utilizing a field study on felons that were within one year of completing incarceration, Pinkard analyzes the legal history, constitutionality, conflicting laws, political, and life chance consequences of felon disenfranchisement laws on African American felons and the African American community. Research and data presented in this book indicate that: felon disenfranchisement is based on moralistic beliefs, modern racism, and stereotypes about human differences and that permanent political marginalization of a particular segment of American society not only negates democracy in principle by di

Felon disenfranchisement --- African American criminals. --- Political rights, Loss of --- Racism --- Election law --- Loss of political rights --- Punishment --- Suffrage --- Citizenship, Loss of --- Infamy (Law) --- Afro-American criminals --- Criminals, African American --- Negro criminals --- Criminals --- Disenfranchisement, Felon --- Felony disenfranchisement --- Prisoners --- States. --- Law and legislation --- Ex-convicts --- Ex-cons --- Ex-offenders --- Ex-prisoners --- Formerly incarcerated persons --- Recidivists