- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- Eyes on the Presidency Press Release by Nick Thimmesch, July 8, 1969
- Creator:
- Thimmesch, Nick
- Date of Original:
- 1969-07-08
- Subject:
- Political participation
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Presidents
Political science - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Garden City, 32.11437, -81.154
- Medium:
- news bulletins
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Press release from political analyst Nick Thimmesch regarding President Nixon's careful and deliberate approach to his first six months in office. Some critics seized on his minor mistakes as evidence that his administration was coming apart. Thimmesch also discusses the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which he regards as instrumental in registering black voters in the South, despite an uncertain future. The administration proposed a substitute plan that would rely more on local courts and broaden the scope to cover all states. However, seasoned voter-registration workers argued that this plan would not be as effective as the current law, and that it would disproportionately impact the South. 3 pages.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:2051
- 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:
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