Typed draft of speech with handwritten corrections.
Typed draft of speech “Where do we go from here”
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Civil Rights
Handwritten draft of speech “In defense of rights”
Handwritten draft for speech
Handwritten draft of speech “Who speaks for the Negro?”
Handwritten text for speech later given to the Texas Daily Newspaper Association in
Equal Rights for Women
Extension of the Voting Rights Act (H.R. 3343)
Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee of Constitutional Rights Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Extension of the time limit for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (H.J. Res. 638)
Testimony of Representative Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
Summary of Voting Rights Act 10 years after
Memo from Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) re: CBC position on Voting Rights Act w/attached note from Parren Mitchell
Memo from the Congressional Black Caucus regarding the Voting Rights Act amendments and extension
Support the Voting Rights Act
Press Release. George Walter Crockett's remarks in support of the Voting Rights Act.
Civil Rights Activist Walter Fauntroy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader, and future delegate to U.S. Congress, Walter Fauntroy meets with other civil rights activists after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) and Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY)
Eight African Americans serving in Congress said that Judge Clement F. Haynsworth's record on civil rights demonstrated his "infidelity to the principles of racial equality which are contained in the Constitution." Rep. John Conyers Jr., Democrat - Michigan (L) and...