Newspaper article, Evers Charges Discrimination In Suit Against Open Primary Law, February 2, 1971

Authors

The Reflector

Files

Alternative Title

Evers Charges Discrimination In Suit Against Open Primary Law

Description

In this article, the Reflector noted that Mayor Charles Evers was one of many plaintiffs in a suite against the State of Mississippi over its open primary. Black candidates had to run as independents; they could not run as a Republican or Democrat. Since runoffs resulted in either Republican or Democrat candidats in rematches, the open primaries effectively upheld the outcomes of the segregationist closed primaries.

Publication Date

2-2-1971

Publisher

The Reflector

Time Period

1970-1979

Subjects

College students, Black; Civil Rights--Mississippi

Keywords

Electoral Laws, Mississippi, Primaries, NAACP

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_1971-02-02_Evers-Charges_001

Source

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

Repository

University Archives

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

Rights

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Contact Information

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Recommended Citation

The Relector, Mississippi State University, Volume 82