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2290316

Title

CORE Worker C.O. Chinn Jr. Promotes Registration

Caption

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed in August, and within ten days federal registgrars had fanned out to counties in the South with a histgory of voter descrimination. Here C.O. Chinn Jr., a CORE worker stops to chat during his voter registratrion canvass of Sawmill Bottom, a poor neighborhood of Canton, Mississippi. His message: Go down to the courthouse to register. Nobody's gonna stop you now.

Date

1965-08-15

Location

Canton, MS

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� 1976, Matt Herron / TakeStock

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