- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Letter on Voting Rights, 1965
- Date of Original:
- 1945/1970
- Subject:
- Civil rights
Civil rights workers
Selma (Ala.)--Race relations
Human rights
Politics and government
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965 - 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
- Rights:
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