Extension of the Voting Rights Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, May 6, 7, 13, 19, 20, 27, 28, June 3, 5, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, and July 13, 1981, Մաս 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 2813 էջ |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 100–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 1
... registration was 81 percent . In 1968 , less than one - half percent of all elected officeholders in the covered States were black ; by 1980 , the percentage had in- creased to 5.6 percent . The greatest number were in Louisiana ...
... registration was 81 percent . In 1968 , less than one - half percent of all elected officeholders in the covered States were black ; by 1980 , the percentage had in- creased to 5.6 percent . The greatest number were in Louisiana ...
Էջ 12
... registration flour- ished following the 1965 passage of this act during the next 5 years , but has tapered off to a not - significant amount since that time ? Mr. JORDAN . I think we have to distinguish registration activity from the ...
... registration flour- ished following the 1965 passage of this act during the next 5 years , but has tapered off to a not - significant amount since that time ? Mr. JORDAN . I think we have to distinguish registration activity from the ...
Էջ 30
... Registration Education Project . Without objection , your statement will be placed in the record . TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM VELASQUEZ , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR , SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION [ SVREP ] , ACCOMPANIED BY ROLANDO L. RIOS ...
... Registration Education Project . Without objection , your statement will be placed in the record . TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM VELASQUEZ , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR , SOUTHWEST VOTER REGISTRATION EDUCATION [ SVREP ] , ACCOMPANIED BY ROLANDO L. RIOS ...
Էջ 34
... Registration Education Project ( SVREP ) . SVREP is a non - partisan 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) voter registration project working in the states of California , Arizona , New Mexico , Utah , Colorado , and Texas . We have conducted 336 voter ...
... Registration Education Project ( SVREP ) . SVREP is a non - partisan 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) voter registration project working in the states of California , Arizona , New Mexico , Utah , Colorado , and Texas . We have conducted 336 voter ...
Էջ 37
... Registration Education Project ( SVREP ) was created in 1975 for the purpose of increasing the political participation of minorities . Since then we have conducted over three hundred voter registration / education projects throughout ...
... Registration Education Project ( SVREP ) was created in 1975 for the purpose of increasing the political participation of minorities . Since then we have conducted over three hundred voter registration / education projects throughout ...
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
Common terms and phrases
absentee ballots Alabama amended annexation areas at-large elections at-large voting Attorney bill black candidates black citizens black elected officials black population black voters black voting strength bloc voting BOYD BRINSON Burke County Chairman changes Chicano city council civil rights commissioners committee Constitution covered jurisdictions Democratic denied Department of Justice dilution discrimination District Court Edgefield County EDWARDS effect enacted extended Federal filed Georgia gerrymandering Hale County Harris County Hispanic HYDE Justice Department legislation legislature litigation majority black mayor Mexican Americans minority Mississippi municipal NAACP number of black objection percent black Pike County plaintiffs political process precinct preclearance Prepared statement primary race racial bloc voting reapportionment redistricting registered to vote registered voters registrars residents right to vote Rome school board Senate South Carolina subcommittee submitted Sumter County Supreme Court Taliaferro County testimony Texas Thank tion Virginia voter registration Voting Rights Act Washington
Սիրված հատվածներ
Էջ 147 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Էջ 5 - ... We Shall Overcome" We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome some day.
Էջ 137 - The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Էջ 85 - I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Էջ 705 - State, who are entitled to vote by the constitution thereof herein recognized, except as a punishment for such crimes as are now felonies at common law, whereof they shall have been duly convicted...
Էջ 325 - Voters who are members of a racial minority might well be in the majority in one district, but in a decided minority in the county as a whole. This type of change could therefore nullify their ability to elect the candidate of their choice, just as would prohibiting some of them from voting.
Էջ 19 - Columbia for a declaratory judgment that such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color...
Էջ 403 - God Bless America. * Land that I love ™ Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam God bless America My home sweet home.
Էջ 237 - ... voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting...
Էջ 795 - Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St.