Voting Rights Hearing in Alabama, 1982

[Unlabeled Cassette]

1982

1980-1989

This audio recording features a voting rights hearing in which witnesses share their testimonies regarding voting discrimination and the purposes, effectiveness, and the extension of the Voting Rights Act. Lowndes County, Perry County, Pickens County and other Alabama county representatives, Alabama Education Association representatives, and Alabama residents advocate for the extension of the Voting Rights Act, adequate voting machines and training, and equal voting opportunities. This audio recording concludes with questions and answers. Audio note: Distorted audio persistent wow/flutter and high noise floor throughout recording playback.

African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Politics and government
African Americans--Economic conditions
Voting

sound recording

audio/mpeg

audiotapes

The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199

01:35:09

Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Alabama--Lowndes County

Series: Audiovisual

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:01030

The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection.

All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/