Newspaper article, Voting Discrimination Suit to be Filed in Behalf of Mississippi College Students, September 17, 1971

Authors

The Reflector

Files

Alternative Title

Voting Discrimination Suit To Be Filed in Behalf of Mississippi College Students

Description

This article describes the lawsuit filed against the State of Mississippi by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on behalf of students at Tugaloo College, a historically black college in Mississippi. The article covers the confusion between state and federal law that dictates whether or not students can register in college towns.

Publication Date

9-17-1971

Publisher

The Reflector

Time Period

1970-1979

Subjects

Voting

Keywords

voter discrimination; voting laws; voting

Geographic Location

Starkville (Miss.); Mississippi State (Miss.)

Comments

This collection contains offensive or discriminatory content.

Object Type

Text

Format (original)

Newspaper clipping

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_UA_The-Reflector_1971-09-17_Voting-Discrimination_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, University Archives.

Repository

University Archives

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

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