United States, 39.76, -98.5AFL-CIO. Civil Rights DepartmentAlabama State Chamber of CommerceAlabama Bankers AssociationAlabama Textile Manufacturers AssociationAssociated Industries of Alabama1965Consists of documents related to the use of literacy tests for voting in Alabama. Includes a political advertisement taken out by Alabama business organizations in the April 26, 1965 issue of U.S. News and World Report, expressing qualified support for literacy tests. Also includes copies of portions of an Alabama literacy test that have been filled out by AFL-CIO staff.The records, 1964-1979, of the Southern Office of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department consist primarily of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between Director E.T. (Al) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship and training programs; a wide range of groups and persons concerned with community action and social reform issues, principally in the field of civil rights; and political figures.application/pdfenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Alabama voter literacy test documents, c. 1965Southern Labor Archiveshttps://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/4881600Subject Files, 1964-1978AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26)Voter suppressionLiteracy tests (Election law)Civil rightsAFL-CIO. Civil Rights DepartmentAlabama State Chamber of CommerceAlabama Bankers AssociationAlabama Textile Manufacturers AssociationAssociated Industries of AlabamaU.S. News & World Report (Firm)Alabama voter literacy test documents, c. 1965Text