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Download full textUS Commission on Civil Rights, 2005
The year 2005 marks 40 years since Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was signed into effect by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. But impediments to voting rights still exist, along with other civil rights problems. It is thus imperative that agencies be given the authority and adequate…
Descriptors: Presidents, Voting, Human Services, Civil Rights Legislation
Peer reviewedPhelps, Glenn A. – American Indian Quarterly, 1985
Reviews history of Arizona Indian voting rights. Details current dispute over voting rights in Apache County (Arizona). Explores three unanswered questions in light of current constitutional interpretation. Stresses solution to political disputes will require climate of mutual trust, awareness of constitutional rights/obligations of all concerned,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Federal Indian Relationship
