- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Charter Commission Minority Representation Proposal, May 5, 1970
- Date of Original:
- 1970-05-05
- Subject:
- African American civic leaders
African Americans--Civil rights
Political participation
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Orange County, Chapel Hill, 35.9132, -79.05584
- Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Proposal for methods of assuring minority representation on appointive and commissions composed by Jake Wicker in regard to his research on fair representation in appointed positions. In 1969, the North Carolina General Assembly created the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Charter Commission to develop a charter for consolidated government in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County. The Commission was tasked with including provisions in the charter to assure fair representation on all appointive boards and commissions. The Commission considered a number of approaches, including requiring that some members of certain boards and commissions be women or members of minority groups, limiting the number of members of the same race or sex on a board, and giving individual members of the governing board appointing authority. The Commission also considered the use of ex officio membership on boards and commissions. All of these methods were detailed in the following report included in the VEP's "Election Notebook." 1 page. 16 pages.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1817
- 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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