Report, Book 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 - Civil rights |
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15th amendment 17 counties 17 nonvoting counties Alabama applicants areas Attorney Bienville Parish black belt counties Census Charles City Charles City County Civil Rights Act Claiborne Colegrove Commission Commission's Congress Constitution cotton counties denials denied discriminatory disfranchisement East Carroll economic elections enforcement farm Fayette Fayette County filed Gadsden Georgia Hancock Haywood County Hertford housing Ibid infra legislation legislature Louisiana Hearings M.D. Ala Macon County malapportionment median figure Mississippi Negro population Negro registration Negro voting age Negroes are registered North Carolina Number Percent Number registered officials Ouachita Parish Parish Percent of county Percent registered Plaquemines Parish qualified Quitman race registered 2 Percent registered registration registered to vote registration county right to vote segregated Stat suit Supp supra Supreme Court Tenn tion total 1 Number total voting age United voting age Negroes voting age population voting counties Washington Parish Webster Parish
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Page 243 - States or by any Act of Congress providing for equal rights of citizens or of all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States ; (4) To recover damages or to secure equitable or other relief under any Act of Congress providing for the protection of civil rights, including the right to vote.
Page 15 - Commission shall— (1) investigate allegations in writing under oath or affirmation that certain citizens of the United States are being deprived of their right to vote and have that vote counted by reason of their color, race, religion, or national origin...
Page 229 - The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section and shall exercise the same without regard to whether the party aggrieved shall have exhausted any administrative or other remedies that may be provided by law.
Page 117 - ... a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior.
Page 128 - It is unnecessary to consider now whether legislation which restricts those political processes which can ordinarily be expected to bring about repeal of undesirable legislation, is to be subjected to more exacting judicial scrutiny under the general prohibitions of the Fourteenth Amendment than are most other types of legislation.
Page 89 - No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, or coerce...
Page 70 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 98 - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and...
Page 27 - He shall demonstrate to the county registrar a reasonable understanding of the duties and obligations of citizenship under a constitutional form of government.
Page 194 - States, should help areas of substantial and persistent unemployment and underemployment to take effective steps in planning and financing their...