An excerpt from a television news broadcast in March 1965 in which Carl Sanders, the governor of Georgia, speaks on voting rights.

In this clip, Georgia state officials, particularly the governor, address the upcoming Voting Rights Act. They are defensive towards what they interpret to be federal power overstepping its rightful limits into state laws.

Citation Information
WSB-TV, excerpt from “Governor Sanders on Voting Rights and Education in Georgia After Meeting with the President,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/f5e68eda06c013cd4180db4d77b14ef7.
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Courtesy of WSB-TV, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection via Digital Public Library of Georgia.
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