Title |
Date Created |
Description |
Subject |
Collection |
"Macon Mayor Adds Liberal Touch to Reagan Campaign in Georgia", December 4, 1983 |
1983-12-04 |
Article on Macon Mayor George Israel, and how his coalition building methods has made him popular in both Democratic and Republican Parties. 2 pages. |
African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders, Political participation |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Black Officials, Pollster to Discuss Political Issues", December 9, 1982 |
1982-12-09 |
Article on 35 Black officials to meet with the state's only Black pollster to discuss informing the community to keep them involved in active political participation to get results. 1 page. |
Voter registration, Voting, African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Civil rights, Political participation |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Bibb Voter Patterns Revealed in Two Prior Elections", September 19, 1982 |
1982-09-19 |
Article on how Bibb County Black voters outnumbered White voters for the fist time in two elections. 1 page. |
Political participation, Voting, African Americans--Civil rights |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
Letter to the Editor from Melinda D. Owens, 1982 |
1982 |
Letter to the editor from Melinda D. Owens protesting the unfair treatment of workers by Pepsi Cola in middle Georgia. 1 page. |
Labor, Political participation, Associations, institutions, etc., African Americans--Civil rights |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Pepsi Strikers Can't Have Former Jobs", circa 1982 |
1981/1983 |
Article on seventeen union strikers won't be allowed to have former positions until new positions become open in the Pepsi company. 1 page. |
Labor, Political participation, Associations, institutions, etc., African Americans--Civil rights |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Strikers Wives Angry", circa 1982 |
1981/1983 |
Article on the anger of Pepsi-Cola's worker's wives, and how they are upset by the poor treatment of the company to their employees. 1 page. |
Labor, Political participation, Associations, institutions, etc., African Americans--Civil rights |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Chamber to Boost Voter Registration", March 12, 1966 |
1966-03-12 |
A newspaper clipping describing a voter registration drive aiming to increase voter participation in Bibb County. 1 page. |
Voting, Voter registration, African Americans--Civil rights, Political participation |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"Education Project Begins Monday", March 12, 1966 |
1966-03-12 |
Newspaper article discussing the launch of the Voter Education Project in the form of a voter registration drive in Macon, Georgia. The project was to focus on the Unionville and Murphy Homes sections of town and work to register as many people as possible. The project was created to organize the communities and educate residents about the importance of voting. The project was led by James Bulloch, a staff worker for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Bulloch was active in the SCOPE project the summer prior, which registered over 3,000 new voters in Macon and Bibb County. 1 page. |
Political participation, African Americans--Civil rights, Voter registration, African Americans--Politics and government, Civil rights movements |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |
"NAACP Criticizes Pepsi Co. Actions", July 5, 1962 |
1962-07-05 |
Newspaper article about the NAACP accusations towards the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of racial discrimination in its job promotions and refusals to bargain in good faith with striking workers. The company denied the allegations, saying that the striking workers were permanently replaced and that no one had been fired. 1 page. |
African American civic leaders, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Politics and government, Commerce, Labor |
Voter Education Project Organizational Records |