- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- "'Operation Registration' In 'Big Push' For More Voters", May 28, 1966
- Date of Original:
- 1966-05-28
- Subject:
- Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Louisiana, Orleans County, New Orleans, 29.433, -89.73438 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article discussing "Operation Registration" in Louisiana, in which a workshop on the importance of voting in New Orleans kicked off a voter registration drive. The registrar of voters, A. P. Gallinghouse, spoke at the workshop and announced that there were approximately 150,000 people in Orleans Parish who were eligible to vote but were not registered. He also said that his office would open extended hours to help people register to vote.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1934
- 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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