- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- VEP Press Release, May 7, 1985
- Creator:
- Voter Education Project, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1985-05-07
- Subject:
- Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Demographic surveys - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- press releases
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Press release from the Voter Education Project discussing how Black candidates for municipal, county, and state offices faced primary and general elections in 1985 throughout the South. There were several important races, including the contest for Lieutenant Governor in Virginia, the mayor's race in Jackson, Mississippi, and municipal elections in Georgia and Alabama under new single-member district election plans. The Voter Education Project (VEP) encouraged Black voters to participate in these elections and to let their power be felt.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1910
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 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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