- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- "Federal Review of Voting Changes: How To Use Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act", April 1974
- Date of Original:
- 1974-04
- Subject:
- Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government - 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:
- Handbook compiled by the Joint Center for Political Studies, Voter Education Project, and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law providing guidance on how to use Section 5 of the Act to further Black political participation. Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark piece of legislation that has helped to increase Black political participation in the United States. The Act was successful in registering and electing more Black officials, but there were still political and economic obstacles that remained.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:2066
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 111 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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