Title |
Date Created |
Author |
Description |
Subject |
Collection |
"Election 76, Not Equal for All Americans", 1976 |
1976 |
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Brochure from the Voter Education Project describing unfair voting practices across Southern states. 13 pages. |
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Race discrimination, Race relations, Political posters, Voter registration |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"The Mayors Race", February 19, 1969 |
1969--02-19 |
Gulliver, Hal |
The article discusses political figure Julian Bond, who is well-known and influential in the Atlanta Black community, but may not fare well among White voters in Georgia, and questions whether it is equally "racial" politics to suggest that in the future Black voters will only vote for a Black candidate. 1 page. |
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civic leaders, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, Voting, Race relations |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Last White Mayor in '69, Bond Says", February 13, 1969 |
1969--02-13 |
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In 1969, State Rep. Julian Bond predicted that a Black mayor would be elected in Atlanta, and that Black Atlanta would become the majority, resulting in either an orderly transition of government or a state of political cold war between the races, depending on the willingness of the Black community to unify and the White community to accept the inevitable future, and argued for the need for a strong political organization and ward elections in the city. With correspondence from Billie Pfiffner to Vernon Jordan concerning Julian Bond's interest in Congress over mayorship. 2 pages. |
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civic leaders, Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, Voting, Race relations |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Bitter Debate Rages on Ghetto Schools", February 11, 1969 |
1969--02-11 |
Hurt, Bob |
A public information meeting in Atlanta, which was meant to be a presentation on the city's schools, turned into a heated debate between White and Black attendees on the commitment of school officials to improving education in economically deprived areas, with some speakers criticizing the quality of education in these areas and others endorsing the efforts of the school board to improve the situation. 1 page. |
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Education, Voting, Race relations |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
Lunenburg County NAACP, circa 1970 |
1968/1972 |
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Flyer from the Lunenburg County, Virginia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) asking Black citizens to not support segregated newspapers. 1 page. |
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Race discrimination, Race relations, Political posters, Voter registration |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |