- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "VEP Report Shows 88 Southern Black Majority Counties: But Political Progress Stalled", November 15, 1983
- Date of Original:
- 1983-11-15
- Subject:
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Political participation
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- news bulletins
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- A report by the Voter Education Project reveals that 88 counties across the southern United States have Black majority populations, and 65 of those have Black majorities of voting age, yet only 26% of elected officials are Black, which is attributed to persisting barriers to Black voter registration and participation. 2 pages.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1532
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: achives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- 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:
-
