- Collection:
- Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
- Title:
- "Abbitt Retains Chair
- Date of Original:
- 1968-07-28
- Subject:
- Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Political campaigns - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Virginia, Norfolk City County, Norfolk, 36.81904, -76.27494 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article discussing a Virginia election in which the Democratic organization narrowly beat out the liberal opposition to retain party control in the state. The Democratic Party of Virginia held its state convention in Salem, which was marked by a tense showdown between the Democratic Organization and liberal forces. The Organization retained its hold on the state party chairmanship, with Watkins M. Abbitt being re-elected to a second four-year term. The unit rule, which would have required Virginia's entire 54 votes to be cast in a bloc as the majority decided, was defeated in the convention's Resolutions Committee.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1956
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
