"Voter Registration Urged Of Blacks", September 29, 1976
1976-09-29
1970-1979
Newspaper article describing John R. Lewis sentiments on voter registration after speaking at a press conference in Greenville, South Carolina, on September 26, 1976. Lewis urged Black voters to register to vote before the October 2 registration deadline. Lewis said that he and his colleagues found that 80% of the students at a community college in Mississippi were not registered to vote. He also insisted that the federal government do more to make it easier to register to vote. 1 page.
African American civic leaders African Americans--Civil rights Voter registration African Americans--Politics and government Civil rights movements
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Voter Education Project Organizational Records
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