Lowndes County Freedom Organization
Lowndes County and the Voting Rights Act
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/lowndes-county-and-the-voting-rights-act/ Lowndes County Freedom Party (LCFP) https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/alliances-relationships/lcfp/ Lowndes County Freedom Organization founded (1966) https://snccdigital.org/events/lowndes-county-freedom-organization-founded/ Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt History of the role that activists in Lowndes County played in spurring Black activists nationwide to fight for civil and human rights in new and more radical ways. https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/bloody-lowndes/ Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) Political Context https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/voting-rights/documents-based-lesson/lowndes-county-freedom-organization A Story Too Often Untold: Lowndes County, the Voting Rights Act, and the Birth of the Original Black Panther Party https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/lowndes-county-and-the-voting-rights-act/ |
Useful Links
Voting Rights: A Short History
The struggle for equal voting rights dates to the earliest days of U.S. history. Now, after a period of bipartisan efforts to expand enfranchisement, Americans once again face new obstacles to voting
https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/article/voting-rights-timeline/
Ten Things You Should Know about the voting rights act of 1965
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/the-voting-rights-act-ten-things-you-should-know/
How The Voting Rights Act Came To Be And How It's Changed
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/26/1026457264/1965-voting-rights-act-supreme-court-john-lewis
The Supreme Court has chipped away at the Voting Rights Act for 9 years. This case could be the next blow.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/27/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-00042478
Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression: A Q&A with the Author of ‘One Person, No Vote’
Professor and author Carol Anderson explains how voter suppression remains alive and well—and how it’s hurting us all.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2019/carol-anderson-on-voter-suppression-a-qa-with-the-author-of-one-person-no-vote
Summarizes the provisions of the act and discusses recent attempts to strengthen the right to vote, such as the introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement act into Congress.
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/legislative-milestones/voting-rights-act-1965
On this day, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed
Discusses the origins of the act, events such as “bloody Sunday” and the Selma march that led up to the passage of the Voting Rights Act into Law. Also touches upon the 2013 Supreme court decision of Shelby Counter v. Holder.
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/on-this-day-the-voting-rights-act-of-1965-is-signed
Voting Rights Act 1965 Web Resource
https://libguides.csun.edu/hist674/votingrights
The struggle for equal voting rights dates to the earliest days of U.S. history. Now, after a period of bipartisan efforts to expand enfranchisement, Americans once again face new obstacles to voting
https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/article/voting-rights-timeline/
Ten Things You Should Know about the voting rights act of 1965
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/the-voting-rights-act-ten-things-you-should-know/
How The Voting Rights Act Came To Be And How It's Changed
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/26/1026457264/1965-voting-rights-act-supreme-court-john-lewis
The Supreme Court has chipped away at the Voting Rights Act for 9 years. This case could be the next blow.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/27/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-00042478
Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression: A Q&A with the Author of ‘One Person, No Vote’
Professor and author Carol Anderson explains how voter suppression remains alive and well—and how it’s hurting us all.
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2019/carol-anderson-on-voter-suppression-a-qa-with-the-author-of-one-person-no-vote
Summarizes the provisions of the act and discusses recent attempts to strengthen the right to vote, such as the introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement act into Congress.
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/legislative-milestones/voting-rights-act-1965
On this day, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed
Discusses the origins of the act, events such as “bloody Sunday” and the Selma march that led up to the passage of the Voting Rights Act into Law. Also touches upon the 2013 Supreme court decision of Shelby Counter v. Holder.
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/on-this-day-the-voting-rights-act-of-1965-is-signed
Voting Rights Act 1965 Web Resource
https://libguides.csun.edu/hist674/votingrights
Primary Sources
Primary Source set
The sources in this set, including letters, photographs, petitions, reports, hearings, and more, provide further insight into the context of this important Act. https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/voting-rights-act-of-1965 Context + summary of the Act & A Transcript of the document https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/voting-rights-act H.R.6219 - An Act to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend certain provisions for an additional seven years, to make permanent the ban against certain prerequisites to voting, and for other purposes. 94th Congress (1975-1976) https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/6219 Congress and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 The National Archives' document collection includes letters, photographs, and congressional records related to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/voting-rights-1965 Documents related to the Voting Rights Act https://www.docsteach.org/documents?filter_searchterm=%22voting+rights%22&filterEras=&filterDocTypes=&sortby=relevance&filter_order=&filter_order_Dir=&rt=jkXX2ECesfjA&reset=1 |