Identifier
USvMS_Interrog_Answers_Section9
Publication Date
1965
Description
Factual basis for allegation that since 1890 Mississippi has maintained and promoted white political supremacy and a racially segregated society; sections are divided both by the methods and by county and focus exclusively on voting; includes experiences of African Americans who tried to vote in Mississippi prior to 1955 followed by specific instances between 1955 and 1963 when African Americans were denied voting privileges because they did not interpret the Constitution to the satisfaction of the registrar; includes examples of voting applications by white registrants with unreasonable interpretations of the state constitution.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
United States. Supreme Court; United States. Court of Appeals; Civil rights -- Mississippi; Segregation -- Mississippi; Suffrage -- Mississippi; Education -- Mississippi;
Relational Format
book
Original Collection
United States v. Mississippi Interrogatory Answers, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
Finding Aid
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