Search results 1 - 7 of 7 for the tag Voting Rights
Extending the right to vote
Senate Joint Resolution 7 proposed an amendment to the Constitution that would extend the right to vote to citizens 18 years of age or older. Introduced on January...
In a democratic system, all must vote
Like Mrs. Bertram Jeffrey, many citizens called on Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act for the continuance of a true democratic system.
Literacy is essential
In 1965, some states required citizens to take literacy tests to register to vote. Charles Geiser wrote to House Judiciary Chairman, Emmanuel Celler, opposing the...
Petitioning to vote
On March 6, 1965, police attacked a peaceful march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. Sixty African Americans were hospitalized. On March 15 President Johnson...
Reasons to vote No
The Business and Professional Men's Association of Alabama wrote to the House of Representatives with arguments on why the voting rights legislation should not be passed.
Stanton and Anthony write Congress
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and five other prominent women's rights leaders (including Susan B. Anthony) addressed this petition to the Senate and the House of...
Tennessee approves
This is a statement, signed by the Governor of Tennessee in 1920, verifying that the state legislature ratified the 19th Amendment proposed by the U.S. Congress....
Search results 1 - 7 of 7 for the tag Voting Rights