Charles L. Zelden is Professor of History at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where he teaches courses on legal/constitutional history, Twentieth Century American history and the judicial process. He is the author of Bush v Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of American Democracy (2008), The Battle for the Black Ballot: Smith v Allwright and the Defeat of the Texas All-White Primary (2004) and Voting Rights on Trial (2002).
