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J. Morgan Kousser
J. Morgan Kousser
Professor of History and Social Science, Emeritus
Expertise
History of Voting Rights; History of Racial Discrimination in Schools; Voting Rights in California
Profile
Kousser is a prizewinning historian of voting rights and civil rights in the United States from 1880 forward. He has served as an expert witness or consultant in over 60 federal or state voting rights cases. He also testified before the House Judiciary Committee about the renewal of the Voting Rights Act in 1981 and 2019.
Languages Spoken
English;
Faculty Bio
A.B., Princeton University, 1965; M.Phil., Yale University, 1968; Ph.D., 1971. Instructor in
History, Caltech, 1969-71; Assistant Professor, 1971-74; Associate Professor, 1974-79; Professor, 1979-80; Professor of History and Social Science, 1980-2013, 2018-20; Kenan Professor, 2013-18; Emeritus, 2020-.
Selected Awards
Richard P. Feynman Teaching Award
Related News
A Long March Toward Progress
August 04, 2020
Morgan Kousser discusses recent protests, voting obstacles in the next presidential election, and more.
Voting Rights: A Conversation with Morgan Kousser
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June 23, 2015
Three years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which was enacted in 1965 and extended four times since then by Congress. The decision, says Kousser, was wrong.