- Collection:
- Barbara C. Jordan Archives
- Title:
- Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, House Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act
- Creator:
- Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
- Date of Original:
- 1975-02-26
- Subject:
- African American women politicians--Texas
Speeches, addresses, etc.
African Americans--Suffrage
African Americans--Social conditions
Civil rights--United States
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965 - People:
- Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- speeches (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she testified for the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She discusses discriminatory events that occurred before the act came to pass and warns of what could happen if it is allowed to expire. Includes a list of new proposed jurisdictions for coverage under the Act.
- Local Identifier:
- local-cont-no: TSOU_0476-001-002
- Metadata URL:
- http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611453
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- [27] p. ; 28 cm.
- Original Collection:
- ark: ark:/67531/metapth611453
- Contributing Institution:
- Texas Southern University. Library
- Rights:
-
