- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Leroy Johnson at the Georgia General Assembly, May 1964
- Date of Original:
- 1964-05
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Politics and government
Political participation
Voting
Voter registration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson is shown sitting in the Senate chambers at the Georgia State Capitol. Caption on photo reads: (AX1) ATLANTA, May 21 - LONE NEGRO SENATOR WINS VOTER AMENDMENT APPROVAL - Leroy Johnson of Atlanta, only Negro member of the Georgia State Senate, won adoption of an amendment Wednesday that would permit registrars to approve as voters any who answer correctly four of six questions. The amendment, which must have House approval, was substituted for a section of a proposed revision of the state's election code. The previous section called for 20 correct answers from illiterates of 30 questions. Johnson's amendment would add thousands of Negroes to registration rolls in Georgia.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:05125
- 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: archives@auctr.edu With the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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