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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 history of voter discrimination. Here C.O. Chinn Jr., a CORE worker, stops to chat during his voter registration canvas of Sawmill Bottom, a poor neighborhood of Canton, Mississippi. His message: Go down to the courthouse to register. Nobody's gonna stop you now. © Matt Herron / Living Archive

CORE worker C.O. Chinn Jr. promotes registration

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 history of voter discrimination. Here C.O. Chinn Jr., a CORE worker, stops to chat during his voter registration canvas of Sawmill Bottom, a poor neighborhood of Canton, Mississippi. His message: Go down to the courthouse to register. Nobody's gonna stop you now.

Matt Herron Archive ID: 2290316
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