&quot;VEP Calls For Permanent Voting Rights Law&quot;, March 22-28, 1975

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Title: "VEP Calls For Permanent Voting Rights Law", March 22-28, 1975
Date: 1975-03
Decade: 1970-1979
Description: Newspaper article discussing Voter Education Project (VEP) Director John R. Lewis's calls for a permanent and national voting rights law to replace the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which was set to expire. Lewis argued that it was demeaning for minorities to have to petition the government for renewal of their constitutional rights on a periodic basis. 2 pages.
Subject: African American civic leaders
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Civil rights movements
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: newpaper clippings
Collection: Voter Education Project Organizational Records
Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Geographic Location: New York--Buffalo
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1838
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