The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
The Bolden Decision Stonewalls Black Aspirations By Laughlin McDonald Vol. 2, No. 8, 1980, pp. 11-17 The Supreme Court’s latest voting rights decision, City of Mobile v. Bolden(April 22, 1980), is bad news for Blacks. The Court held that no
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North Carolina Reapportionment: 1981 Version By Susan M. Presti Vol. 3, No. 2, 1981, pp. 10-11, 19 Reapportionment—the redrawing of electoral district lines based on the results of each decennial census—looms as one of the most important tasks facing the
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What Does H.R. 3112 Provide? By Staff Vol. 4, No. 1, 1981, p. 9 The House bill HR 3112, passed on October 5, extends continuously the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act and changes two others. In essence, the
“Why the South Needs the Voting Rights Act” By Reubin O’D. Askew Vol. 4, No. 1, 1981, pp. 10-13 With tear gas, with billy clubs, and with bullwhips, the eyes of America were opened at Selma, Alabama in 1965. The
How the Voting Rights Act is the Most Effective Act on the Books By Drew Days Vol. 4, No. 1, 1981, pp. 16, 25-27 As one who was charged with enforcing a host of other federal civil rights laws, I
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Reappointment Roundup By Woody Holton Vol. 4, No. 1, 1981, pp. 17-22 The Southern state capitals have been filled in the last few months with computer tapes, over-sized maps, and print-outs of census data as legislators decide the boundaries of
Court Grants Virginia A Third Swing At Redistricting By Woody Holton Vol. 4, No. 1, 1981, pp. 22-24 Virginia’s court legislative redistricting plan survived neither a court challange nor U.S. Justice Department “preclearance” required by the Voting Rights Act. In
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Section 5 and Voting Changes: The Heart of the Act By Vernon E. Jordan and Lane Kirkland Vol. 4, No. 1, 1981, pp. 36-37 Vernon E. Jordan I am Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., President of the National Urban League, Inc.
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Voting Rights Act is Needed in New York By Robert Adams Vol. 4, No. 1, 1981, pp. 38-39 I speak as the elected Attorney General of the State of New York—a state which has three of its largest counties covered
An Update on Voting Changes in the South By Staff Vol. 4, No. 2, 1982, pp. 5-11 Since last summer, when legislative committees began meeting quietly and computers started humming, reapportionment in the South has charged into the political thicket