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The McCall Library at the University of South Alabama has the records of the local Mobile chapter of the League of Women Voters over the period of 1956 to 1987. [4] On May 23, 1955, twenty-four individuals met for the first meeting of the League of Woman Voters of Mobile at the Mobile Public Library, and the Chapter achieved provisional ...
Low voter turnout among white women voters in Alabama was blamed by political researchers on a general "disinterest" in politics among that demographic. [39] However Minnie Steckel discovered in her 1937 study of Alabama women voters that white women were disproportionately affected by the poll tax. [40] Black women were also affected by the ...
[66] [67] She served two terms, until 2002, and wrote a book "The untold story of women of color in the League of Women Voters" documenting the history of the League and women of color. [ 51 ] The League fought for the 1982 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act [ 68 ] and in the 1990s was important in the passage of National Voter Registration ...
A coalition of voting rights groups on Friday sued the Alabama secretary of state and attorney general over a policy they say illegally targets naturalized citizens to keep them from voting in the ...
Apr. 6—A coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit to block Alabama's recently enacted "Anti-Ballot Harvesting Bill" sponsored by Sen ...
Alabama’s congressional map dilutes the power of Black voters, voting rights advocates told the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a filing that accuses the state of “unabashedly” defying an ...
Moody was founded in 1907, named after a local businessman named Epps Moody. In the early days, the city was primarily an agricultural community, with cotton and timber being the main crops. However, with the arrival of the railroad in the early 20th century, Moody began to grow and develop into a more industrialized city.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Alabama and its secretary of state on Friday, arguing that an effort to remove voters from state rolls was taking place too close to the Nov. 5 ...