- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- "John Lewis Preaches That Winning the Ballot Isn't Enough. Everybody Needs To Use It", October 31, 1976
- Date of Original:
- 1976-10-31
- 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, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article regarding John Lewis role as the executive director of the Voter Education Project (VEP), an organization that worked to increase Black and minority voter registration and participation in the South. Lewis was a leading figure in the civil rights movement, and he was one of the speakers at the March on Washington in 1963. He was committed to ensuring that all Americans have the opportunity to vote, and he believed that voting was essential to a healthy democracy.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:2057
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 pages
- 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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