Holloway, Pippa, Living in Infamy: Felony Disfranchisement and the History of American Citizenship

Authors

Gregory J. Fremin, University of Houston Downtown

Abstract

"In a historical account of the origins of felony disfranchisement in America, Pippa Holloway details how race and regional politics formed the basis for the exclusion of African Americans on the right to vote. Holloway’s Living in Infamy attempts to connect the dots from the past to the present by educating the reader on how America came to utilize felony convictions as a societal class preservation tool to exclude African Americans from voting. Holloway delves deeply into ancient Roman and Greek law and continues through Anglo-European law and ideology to set the stage for how our forefathers in early America inherited these customs and laws. She creates a window for the reader to see how these laws and customs were employed to continually subjugate the African American population in the Deep South, specifically by stripping them of their voting rights. Holloway describes how our founding fathers brought these customs to America and, specifically, how they were impacted the Southern culture."

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Recommended Citation

Fremin, Gregory J. (2014) "Holloway, Pippa, Living in Infamy: Felony Disfranchisement and the History of American Citizenship," Qualitative Criminology (QC): Vol. 2: No. 2, Article 8.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol2/iss2/8