- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "'Operation Registration' In 'Big Push' For More Voters", May 28, 1966
- Date of Original:
- 1966-05-28
- Subject:
- Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 29.95465, -90.07507
- Medium:
- photocopies
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article discussing "Operation Registration" in Lousiana, in which a workshop on the importance of voting in New Orleans kicked off a voter registration drive. The registrar of voters, A. P. Gallinghouse, spoke at the workshop and announced that there were approximately 150,000 people in Orleans Parish who were eligible to vote but were not registered. He also said that his office would open extended hours to help people register to vote. 1 page.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1934
- 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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