Black Freedom Struggle in the United States:

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Meese, Edwin, III Files, Voting Rights, OA 11841

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Files: Notice to Safeway Stores of boycotting measures to be taken by Black Panther Party, and sworn affidavits from employees regarding related incidents (p. 4412-4420)., 1982

Voting Rights Act

Congressional Prints: Subcom on the Constitution report recommending passage with amendments of S. 1992, the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982, to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 through 1992, including preclearance provisions requiring designated States and areas with histories of discriminatory voting practices to submit all election law changes to the Justice Dept for approval, and provision requiring bilingual election materials in jurisdictions with substantial language minorities., 1982

Correspondence File, Ha, 1979-1981

Jimmy Carter Library file folder: United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Patricia Roberts Harris correspondence with Jimmy Carter on race riots and aftermath in Miami, Florida, 1980

Extension of the Voting Rights Act, Part 1

Congressional Hearings: House of Representatives Hearings before the Subcom on Civil and Constitutional Rights to consider the following bills to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise and extend minority protections against discriminatory voting practices: H.R. 3112 (text, p. 70-71), to extend through 1992 Voting Rights Act preclearance provisions requiring designated States and areas with histories of discriminatory voting practices to submit all election law changes to the Justice Dept for approval; extend requirements for bilingual election materials in jurisdictions with substantial language minorities; and to clarify the standard of proof in voting discrimination cases. H.R. 3198 (text, p. 72-75), and related H.R. 3473 (text, p. 163-167), both the Voting Rights Amendments Act of 1981, to limit mandatory election law preclearance to States and areas where voting discrimination is established in Federal court, and to clarify the standard of proof in voting discrimination cases. Also examines extent of voting rights discrimination in southern States. This volume includes texts (p. 76-84) of H.R. 1407 and identical H.R. 2942 and H.R. 1731, the Voting Rights Act Repealer Amendments Act, to eliminate bilingual election provisions and repeal Voting Rights Act coverage for language minorities. Full Committee Member M. Caldwell Butler (R-Va) questions witnesses on May 20. Full Committee Member Billy Lee Evans (D-Ga) questions witnesses on May 27. Supplementary material (p. 279-354) includes court documents and: Goolrick, Chester; “Voting: A Right Still Denied”, Atlanta Constitution series, Dec. 7-11, 1980, (p. 279-301). Thernstrom, Abigail M.; “Odd Evolution of the Voting Rights Act”, Public Interest, Spring 1979, (p. 327-354), 1981

Arkansas–Civil Rights Organizations [1966]

National Archive Records: Civil rights organization correspondence with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, including an SNCC report on fraud in Arkansas school board elections, 1965-1966, 1965-1966