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Letter on Voting Rights, 1965

Collection:: Volunteer Voices
Title:: Letter on Voting Rights, 1965
Date of Original:: 1945/1970
Subject:: Civil rights--1960-1970
Civil rights workers
Selma (Ala.)--Race relations
Civil rights
Politics and government
Suffrage--Legislation
People:: Gore, Albert, 1907-1998
Location:: United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
Medium:: letters (correspondence)
Type:: Text
Format:: image/jp2
Description:: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to Tennesseans who contacted the senator with their views on the recent violence in Selma, Alabama. On March 7, 1965, civil rights marchers protesting restrictive voting laws for blacks in Selma were attacked by state troopers and local authorities.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher.
Metadata URL:: https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A8462
Language:: eng
Original Collection:: Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
Contributing Institution:: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
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