- Collection:
- Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
- Title:
- "Mayoralty May Rest on Annexation Bill", January 18, 1969
- Date of Original:
- 1969-01-18
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civic leaders
Political participation
Race discrimination - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- archival materials
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Atlanta legislators are drafting a bill to annex Sandy Springs to the city without a referendum, which could greatly enhance the chances of a Republican becoming Atlanta's next mayor; however, Negro community leaders are reluctant to support the move, which would dilute their influence in the upcoming mayoral election, and the proposed ward-based election system for half of Atlanta's aldermen and all of its school board members is opposed by Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. as one of the "most detrimental practices in American politics."
- Metadata URL:
- https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1502
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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