Civil Rights, 1957: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 83 [and Other] Proposals to Secure, Protect, and Strengthen Civil Rights of Persons Under the Constitution and Laws of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1957 - 930 páginas |
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... precinct other than the challenged voter or who had themselves been challenged or had already acted as witnesses for any other challenged voter . By these means the number of registered Negro voters in Ouachita Parish was reduced by ...
... precinct other than the challenged voter or who had themselves been challenged or had already acted as witnesses for any other challenged voter . By these means the number of registered Negro voters in Ouachita Parish was reduced by ...
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... precinct ) , N. C. : In this precinct , the practice of the registrar , according to his own statement , is to qualify Negroes under the educational tests ( reading and writing a section of the constitution ) , and to register whites ...
... precinct ) , N. C. : In this precinct , the practice of the registrar , according to his own statement , is to qualify Negroes under the educational tests ( reading and writing a section of the constitution ) , and to register whites ...
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... precinct of Camden County . You pointed out there this registrar gave an examination to four Negro high - school graduates and initially declined their right to register under the liter- acy tests of the North Carolina constitution ...
... precinct of Camden County . You pointed out there this registrar gave an examination to four Negro high - school graduates and initially declined their right to register under the liter- acy tests of the North Carolina constitution ...
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... precinct of Cam- den County was in office , she registered a total of 4 Negroes , and that during this period she registered 55 white persons . I will tell a story which has no application to you or me either , but it illustrates a ...
... precinct of Cam- den County was in office , she registered a total of 4 Negroes , and that during this period she registered 55 white persons . I will tell a story which has no application to you or me either , but it illustrates a ...
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... precinct in Brunswick County , I would like to know whether any Negroes there were denied the right to register and vote by this registrar ? Mr. BROWNELL . We will get that information for you . Senator ERVIN . And I would like to know ...
... precinct in Brunswick County , I would like to know whether any Negroes there were denied the right to register and vote by this registrar ? Mr. BROWNELL . We will get that information for you . Senator ERVIN . And I would like to know ...
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Términos y frases comunes
14th amendment action affidavits apply Assistant Attorney authority believe BLOCH BROWNELL Causey Chairman citizens civil rights Commission committee Congress constitutional rights contempt County criminal decision denied Department of Justice deprived discrimination district enacted enforcement fact FAISON Federal courts Federal Government FEPC Gus Courts hearings Humphreys County individual injunction investigation judge Judiciary jurisdiction lawyer legislation lynching matter MCLEAN ment Mississippi NAACP national origin Negro North Carolina Ouachita Parish party person poll tax precinct present President privileges proposed prosecution protection provisions punishment question race registrar remedies right to vote segregation Senator ERVIN Senator HENNINGS Senator HRUSKA Senator JOHNSTON Senator TALMADGE Senator WATKINS SLAYMAN so-called civil rights South statement statute subcommittee Supreme Court testimony thing tion title 18 trial by jury United States Code UNITED STATES SENATE violation voters White Citizens Council witnesses
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Página 460 - In approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868 when the Amendment was adopted, or even to 1896 when Plessy v. Ferguson was written.
Página 149 - The Board is empowered, as hereinafter provided, to prevent any person from engaging in any unfair labor practice (listed in section 8) affecting commerce. This power [shall be exclusive and] shall not be affected by any other means of adjustment or prevention that has been or may be established by agreement, law, or otherwise...
Página 144 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 47 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire, or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws...
Página 639 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz.: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to be FREE, SOVEREIGN, AND INDEPENDENT STATES...
Página 145 - ... such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives...
Página 144 - ... to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures as it deems advisable.
Página 287 - Without doubt, it denotes not merely freedom from bodily restraint, but also the right of the individual to contract, to engage in any of the common occupations of life, to acquire useful knowledge, to marry, to establish a home and bring up children, to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and generally to enjoy those privileges long recognized at common law as essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men...
Página 148 - Any member of the Board may be removed by the President, upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause.
Página 113 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.