- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "The Black Vote Elected Carter", November 20, 1976
- Date of Original:
- 1976-11-20
- Subject:
- African American civic leaders
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Presidents - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, North Carolina, Durham County, Durham, 35.99403, -78.89862 - Medium:
- archival materials
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper op-ed by Vernon E. Jordan, Executive Director of the National Urban League, describing the ways in which the Black vote was a decisive factor in the 1976 presidential election. Black voters turned out in record numbers and voted overwhelmingly for Jimmy Carter. This helped Carter win several key states in the South, which ultimately gave him the victory. The high Black turnout was due in part to the efforts of non-partisan black organizations, such as the Joint Center for Political Studies, the Voter Education Project, and the NAACP. These organizations educated Black voters and encouraged them to register and vote.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1858
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- 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:
-
