- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Suit Challenges Tift's Method of Elections", January 20, 1983
- Date of Original:
- 1983-01-20
- Subject:
- African Americans--Politics and government
Race discrimination
African Americans--Civil rights
Dispute resolution (Law) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Tift County, Tifton, 31.45046, -83.5085
- Medium:
- newspaper clippings
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Six Tift County voters are filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Valdosta, challenging the county's at-large methods of electing members to the county commission and county board of education, alleging that the present at-large system of voting discriminates against Black voters in Tift County, and asking the court to establish election districts to choose members of the two bodies. 2 pages.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1674
- 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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