Introduction : explaining the puzzling evolution of the Voting Rights Act
Liberal ascendance and enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Conservative backlash and partisan struggle over voting rights, 1968-1980
The growing struggle over voting rights in the 1980s and 1990s
Voting rights politics in an era of conservative ascendance, 2001-2013
Voting rights politics in the age of Obama, 2009-2016
Conclusion : partisan interests, institutional conflict, and the future of the voting rights struggle.