An African American woman reads a sample ballot during a class for new voters at an Alabama church. Civil rights groups held classes in Alabama and Mississippi about voting and registration after enactment of the Voting Rights Act.
Federal voter registrar Louis Searson fills out a form for a prospective Negro voter as others wait their turn in Canton, Mississippi. The Supreme Court returned to the bench on January 17th to hear a massive Southern challenge of the validity of the 1965 Voting...
House report - 96th Congress, 1st session, 1979 no. 96-543; the report includes Minority views on H.R. 5471.
Speech by Trible on the floor of the House supporting a national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
Senate report - 96th Congress, 1st session, 1979 no. 96-284; calendar no. 304; the report includes Minority views of senators Thurmond, Laxalt, Hatch and Simpson and Individual views of Thad Cochran and jointed in by senator Alan Simpson.