An excerpt from congressional hearings on voting rights from 1993.

Within this vast collection of testimonies before the House of Representatives subcommittee on civil and constitutional rights, Professor Robert J. Norrell outlines many of the continued challenges faced by African Americans after the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In particular, he focuses on the use of gerrymandering to limit the enfranchisement of people of color.

Citation Information
Excerpt from “Voting rights : hearings before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/45dff43e7f516a7e45a8b4ee5898222f.
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Courtesy of Boston Public Library via Internet Archive.

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