- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Liberation Day November 2, 1976", October 27, 1976
- Date of Original:
- 1976-10-27
- Subject:
- African American civic leaders
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- newpaper clippings
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper op-ed by John R. Lewis, Executive Director of the Voter Education Project, imploring Black Americans to exercise their right to vote in the 1976 elections. Lewis argued that the vote was a powerful tool that could be used to transform communities, improve education, and achieve economic equality. He urged Black Americans to use their votes to elect officials who would represent their interests and create a better future for all. 1 page.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1847
- 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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