The Russell Sage Foundation is holding a conference, “The Coming Fire: Conference on the 2007 Renewal of the Voting Rights Act,” June 24-25 in New York. The foundation will also publish a book based on the conference papers, “The Future of the Voting Rights Act,” edited by Rick Pildes, Rudy de la Garza, David Epstein, and Sharyn O’Halloran. Here is the agenda for the conference:
Session 1: Political Background
Friday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM
1) Morgan Kousser (Caltech):
The Strange Career of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
2) Bruce Cain (UC Berkeley) & Karin MacDonald (UC Berkeley):
Phases of VRA Enforcement over Four Decades
3) David Epstein (Columbia) & Sharyn O