- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Barriers to Minority Political Progress in the South" by Archie E. Allen, circa 1981
- Date of Original:
- 1978/1984
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
Voting
Race discrimination - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Report on the VEP being dedicated to promoting participatory democracy among minorities in the southern states, where historical discrimination has excluded Blacks and Chicanos from government processes, and seeks to increase minority political participation through various means such as voter registration, advocacy, research, and public support, despite facing challenges from those in power who view it as a threat to the status quo, and aims to eliminate barriers to minority political power through persistent organizing efforts and financial resources, with the ultimate goal of achieving unrestricted minority political participation for the benefit of future generations. 22 pages.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1573
- 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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