- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- Correspondence From Warren J. Wicker To VEP Regarding the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Charter Commision, May 8, 1970
- Date of Original:
- 1970-05-08
- Subject:
- African American leadership
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Politics and government
Political participation - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, North Carolina, Orange County, Chapel Hill, 35.9132, -79.05584 - Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Correspondence from Warren J. Wicker, then-Assistant Director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to John R. Lewis, then Director of the Voter Education Project, regarding the formation of the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Charter Commission. 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 director of the Commission's research staff was asked to prepare a memorandum outlining methods by which this goal could be accomplished. The research revealed that very little had been done in this area, and the following memo was sent to VEP with the request for any additional information about approaches that may have been missed and was included in the VEP's "Election Notebook."
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1816
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 12 pages
- 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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