- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Only in Georgia: One Man County Governing Boards", July 17, 1983
- Date of Original:
- 1983-07-17
- Subject:
- Political participation
Voting
Voter registration
African Americans--Civil rights
Race discrimination - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- news bulletins
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The Voter Education Project is seeking state legislators' support to abolish the undemocratic relic of one-person governing boards, which 15% of Georgia's counties still have, and according to a study, this form of county government cannot be found outside Georgia; Georgia's devices such as one-person boards and the requirement of runoffs have a chilling effect on efforts by racial and other minorities to achieve effective representation, and VEP officials argue that this facilitated the one-party system which eliminated Blacks as an effective political force a century ago. 3 pages.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1525
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: achives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- 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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