Rights Act Compliance Claim by Dixie Hospital Challenged After HEW Department Approval

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April 26, 1965

Rights Act Compliance Claim by Dixie Hospital Challenged After HEW Department Approval preview

Includes letter from Meltsner to Quigley pgs 2-3.

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  • Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to Leslie Winner Esq. RE: Briefing Materials on Voting Rights Extension (Prep for Chambers' Senate Hearing Testimony), 1982. 9e86cb3b-e492-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/7f841216-6453-4364-9b7d-313ee6474605/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-leslie-winner-esq-re-briefing-materials-on-voting-rights-extension-prep-for-chambers-senate-hearing-testimony. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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29 ilanuary 1982

Leelle tflnner, Esq.
Chambers, Ferguson, Watt, Wallas,

Adkins & Fuller, P.A.
Suite 730 E. fndependence Plaza
95I South fndependence Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carollna 28202

Dear Leelier

Please make sure iluliug aees these brieflng materlale on the
Votlng Righte Act extension. The Senate hearlnge are our only
opportunity to nake a record on the continued need for the Act
in North Carolina.

I am prepared to wrlte the testimony, but I need aome help
on North Carollna hl,story. Do you have any notea or an outline
to send ne on the lnlnts you made to the B1ack Caucue Friday
nlght? I an partlcularly interested ln the pre-I967 shenanigans
and the prescnt aetlvity (post 1975) to keep blacks out (e.9.,
the Congresslonal and Eouae reapportlonnent) .

I believe Jullus ls tcstlfying on Pebruary 11 or L2, so
rhatever you can do by February 5 wlll be helpful. Pleaee mail
lt to the New Yorlr offlce,

Thanks.

Sincerely,

C. Lanl Guinier

P.S. I Just barely made the plane on Saturday. It wae so pleasant
" being ln Charlotte, I guese it was difficult to leavet

Thanks for the warm bed and the good conpany.
CLGg kb
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