Letter from Mrs. E. Jackson in Favor of Voting Rights

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Title

Letter from Mrs. E. Jackson in Favor of Voting Rights

Description

Mrs. E. Jackson wrote to the House Judiciary Committee the day after Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. She was reacting to scenes of police brutality during a voting rights march that many Americans witnessed on television news programs. The interlined handwriting in pencil is likely that of House Judiciary Chairman Emanuel Celler, who was Mrs. Jackson's representative in Congress and an active supporter of voting rights legislation in the House.

Creator

U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on the Judiciary. (06/03/1813 - )

Source

Series: Bill Files, compiled 1903 - 1968

Publisher

Center for Legislative Archives (NWL), National Archives Building, Room 8E, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408. PHONE: 202-357-5350; FAX: 202-357-5911; EMAIL: legislative.archives@nara.gov.

Date

3/8/1964

Rights

Unrestricted

Type

Textual Records

Identifier

ARC Identifier 2173239