- Collection:
- Robert McNair: In His Own Words
- Title:
- Statement of L. Marion Gressette and Robert E. McNair, Chairmen of Judiciary Committees of the South Carolina State Senate and House of Representatives, Respectively, and Thomas H. Pope, Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee
- Creator:
- McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007
- Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
- Date of Original:
- 1959-04-14
- Subject:
- South Carolina--Politicians
Civil rights--South Carolina
Civil rights--Law and legislation--United States - People:
- McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1957 and 1959, McNair testified before the judiciary sub-committees of the United States Senate and House of Representatives that no qualified person in South Carolina had been denied the right to vote. In this joint statement, McNair, Gressette, and Pope cautioned that any federal legislation on voting rights would be viewed by South Carolinians as unconstitutional and a usurpation of states' rights.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mcnair/id/90
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/iiif/2/mcnair:90/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright South Carolina Political Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact the University of South Carolina, South Carolina Political Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.
- Original Collection:
- Robert McNair: In His Own Words
From Robert E. McNair Papers, General Assembly, Topical, Civil Rights, U.S. Senate Hearings, 1959 - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
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Statement of L. Marion Gressette and Robert E. McNair, Chairmen of Judiciary Committees of the South Carolina State Senate and House of Representatives, Respectively, and Thomas H. Pope, Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee
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