- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "College Park Voters To Allow Black Parade On Redistrcting Suit", March 16, 1976
- Date of Original:
- 1976-03-16
- Subject:
- African American leadership
City planning
Race discrimination
Gerrymandering
African Americans--Civil rights
African American neighborhoods
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article discussing the College Park City Council's 4-3 vote to allow a peaceful demonstration by the Neighborhood Voters League to be held in the city on March 25. The parade was designed to inform Black citizens about the redistricting suit brought by the Voters League. The redistricting was under reconsideration by the Justice Department. Mayor Ralph Presley broke the tie vote in favor of the parade.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1874
- 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:
-
