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Identifier | USvMS_Interrog_Answers_Section9 |
Title | United States v. Mississippi (p. 710-1275) |
Subject |
United States. Supreme Court United States. Court of Appeals Civil rights -- Mississippi Segregation -- Mississippi Suffrage -- Mississippi Education -- Mississippi |
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. |
Date | 1965 |
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Format-Medium | .pdf; civil court records; |
Related Case | United States v. Mississippi, 380 U.S. 128, 1965 |
Type | Text |
Original Collection |
United States v. Mississippi Interrogatory Answers |
Language | English |
Citation | United States v. Mississippi Interrogatory Answers, Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries |
Rights | Items in this collection are for personal use and may not be reproduced without permission. For publication and professional uses, please contact the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi Libraries. |
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Title | USvMS_Section9_p 1 |