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| Creator: | Hughes, Philip Samuel, 1917- |
| Title: | Transcript of a memorandum for the President from the Bureau of the Budget summarizing the provisions of the Voting Rights Act |
| Date: | 1965 Aug. 6 |
| Description: | In this transcript of a memorandum from the Bureau of the Budget Assistant Director for Legislative Reference, Phillip S. Hughes, outlines the background and provisions of the Voting Rights bill. Handwritten notes indicate that the bill was signed at the Capitol and approved on August 6, 1965. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Memorandums | Transcripts |
| Subjects: | African Americans--Civil rights | Civil rights--United States | African Americans--Suffrage | Suffrage--United States | Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States | Voting--United States | Presidents--United States | Washington (D.C.) |
| Collection: | Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century |
| Institution: | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library |
| Contributors: | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. | Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century. |
| Online Publisher: | Austin, TX: Learning Technology Center. The University of Texas at Austin; | Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration | 2008 |
| Original Material: | Collection: Reports on Enrolled Legislation, Series: Reports on Enrolled Legislation, Box Number: 22, Folder Title: P.L. 89-110, S. 1564, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. |
| Rights and Usage: | Unrestricted |
| Related Materials: | Requires Adobe Flash Player. Forms part of: Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/record.php?id=804&transcript |
