- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- "Lewis To Speak At 'Vote' Rally", October 8, 1976
- Date of Original:
- 1976-10-08
- Subject:
- African American civic leaders
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Texas, Gregg County, Longview, 32.5007, -94.74049 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article describing plans for John R. Lewis, the executive director of the Voter Education Project (VEP), and Georgia State Rep. David Scott to speak at a "Get Out the Vote Rally" on Tuesday, October 12, 1976, at Texas College Martin Hall. The non-partisan event was designed to encourage people to vote in the upcoming general election. Lewis and Scott were also set to meet with local community leaders at Bethlehem Baptist Church prior to the rally.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1826
- 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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