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Peer reviewedJoubert, Paul E.; Crouch, Ben M. – Journal of Negro Education, 1977
Analyzes the impact of the Voting Rights Act on black voter registration in Mississippi. Concludes that the future of black politics is highly uncertain in Mississippi. If the movement on the part of whites to disenfranchise blacks succeeds, and intimidation at the polls continues, advances made in the early 1970s could be seriously undermined.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Politics, Public Officials
Download full textCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1981
This report examines the current status of minority voting rights covered by the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The special provisions prescribe added protection of minority voting rights in those jurisdictions where discrimination in voting has been most pervasive. The report explains the Voting Rights Act and discusses its…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Ethnic Discrimination, Federal Legislation, Minority Groups
