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  • Subjects = Voting
  • Decade = 1940-1949
"The Story of Hiram R. Revels" article on this early Negro statesman and former slave.
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"Jefferson F. Long, First Member of Race to Address House" article on Long addressing congress on the issue of race. Jefferson Franklin Long was a U.S. congressman from Georgia. He was the second African American sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives and the first African-American congressman from Georgia.
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"What Has Become of the New Dealers" article on the nearly 100 Black cabinet members during the Roosevelt administration and what has become of them.
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"Will He Lose His Vote" article on a 93 year old Reverend and how the Florida election process tries to interfere with his right.
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"Voting Restrictions in the 13 Southern States", a report on the low turnout of African Americans in the south due to complicated registration, participation regulations, and poll taxes. These issues are listed state by state.
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