Typed draft of speech with handwritten corrections.
Typed draft of speech “Where do we go from here”
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Racial discrimination
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
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
Woman Looking at a Sample Voting Ballot
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.
Registrar Fills Out Form
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...
Voting Rights Act Press Conference in Washington, D.C.
Signing of the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
US President George W. Bush (C) signs H.R. 9, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 as members of Congress watch on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, July 27, 2006. The...
Voting Rights Poster and Man on Grass
An African American man lays on the grass under an American flag. Behind him stands a "Support Voting Rights Now!" Poster.
Atrocities still part of South Africa
