| dc.contributor | The Volunteer Ticket | |
| dc.date | 2018-09-17T14:58:55Z | |
| dc.date | 2018-09-17T14:58:55Z | |
| dc.date | 1959 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-20T15:10:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-20T15:10:35Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10267/34172 | |
| dc.identifier | 1959_Pamphlet_for_the_Memphis_Election_736 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/251220 | |
| dc.description | A campaign pamphlet of the Volunteer Ticket, which is made up of African-American candidates, August 1959. Page 1 includes pictures of Russell Sugarmon, Commissioner of Public Works; Ben Hooks, Juvenile Court Judge; Henry Bunton and Roy Love, Board of Education. Page 2 is an article by George W. Lee, "The Negro's Position in the August Election," giving reasons for supporting the Volunteer Ticket; Lee is Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Volunteer Ticket. Page 3, entitled "What the Volunteer Candidates Stand For," is a list of issues the four candidates embrace. It concludes with the phrase, "The Negro Has a Love Affair with Destiny." Page 4 is a get-out-the-vote notice aimed at blacks, and includes the phrase "Don't Listen to 'Uncle Tom's'." | |
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| dc.subject | Voting | |
| dc.subject | Shelby County (Tenn.) | |
| dc.subject | African Americans | |
| dc.subject | Pamphlet | |
| dc.subject | Political campaigns | |
| dc.title | Pamphlet for the Memphis Election - Volunteer Ticket | |
| dc.type | Text |
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