"Thompson Speaks on Voting Rights Act", June 23, 1981
1981-06-23
1980-1989
Press release on Mrs. Geraldine G. Thompson, executive director of the VEP, testified before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Judiciary Committee, calling the Voting Rights Act "the most effective civil rights legislation ever passed" and stating that the key provisions of the Act should be extended if minorities are to achieve full equality in the political system. 5 pages.
African Americans--Politics and government African Americans--Civil rights African American women African American civic leaders African American civil rights workers
text
application/pdf
news bulletins
Voter Education Project Organizational Records
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1787
All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: achives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/