"Voting Act Extension Is Pressed", July 19, 1975

1975-07-19

1970-1979

Newspaper article discussing Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield's efforts to to secure a 10-year extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, despite Southern pushback from Sens. James Allen and Jesse Helms, who tried to block the bill from being debated. Mansfield warned that the Senate would "confront the issue" if such tactics continued to be used. The updated bill would expand the law to cover Mexican-Americans and other language minority groups. 2 pages.

African American civic leaders
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Civil rights movements

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