- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Poll Tax Study Shows 590,501 Eligible Voters", 1960
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Subject:
- Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Poll tax - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, Pulaski County, Little Rock, 34.74648, -92.28959
- Medium:
- photocopies
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article regarding a poll tax study, organized by county, compiled by state Auditor Jimmie (Red) Jones that revealed eligible voters in Arkansas increased in 1958. The number of white voters increased by 17,942, and the number of Black voters increased by 8,581. The total number of eligible voters was 517,897 white people and 72,004 Black people. The increase in voter turnout was seen in most counties, but there was no significant change in poll tax buying from two years ago. 1 page.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1924
- 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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