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    History of Congressional Redistricting

    Experts spoke about the history of congressional redistricting. They described redistricting during the early years of the United States, uses and abuses of the process during America’s his…

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    Supreme Court and Civil Rights

    The Washington College of Law at American University sponsored a panel discussion entitled, “Color-Blindness v. Racial Justice: The Supreme Court’s 1994-95 Term and the Struggle to Define Eq…

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    Race and Political Empowerment

    The panelists discussed such civil rights issues as voting rights, and the question of gerrymandering in an effort to redraw districts to increase minority representation.

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    Voting Rights & Jury Discrimination

    The afternoon session of the National Symposium on Civil Rights and the Law. Panelists discussed voting rights and other topics. During the break, John Doar answered questions from viewers. …

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    Congressional Redistricting

    The process and political significance of congressional redistricting was examined, as well as redistricting during the civil rights movement. The practice of gerrymandering was also discuss…

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    Voting Rights Act Decisions

    Mr. Parker and Mr. Samp discussed the recent Supreme Court decisions concerning the Voting Rights Act. The Court determined that judges are representatives standing for a particular constitu…

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    Black Legislative Decision Making

    The National Conference of Black Political Scientists held a talk about Black legislative decision-making.

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    Black Voter Participation & Mobilization

    The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies hosted a panel on mobilizing the African-American voters in the 1988 presidential election. The panelists noted poor turnout in previous e…

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    William Reynolds Nomination

    Assistant Attorney General William Reynolds and other witnesses testified for and against his nomination to be the Associate Attorney General. This was day Two of testimony. Note: Some lan…

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