City of Shreveport Ordered to Create New Election Plan

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August 2, 1976

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  • Press Releases, Volume 6. City of Shreveport Ordered to Create New Election Plan, 1976. 519fe83e-bb92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/a51268ab-631f-4512-b81b-a254ca903744/city-of-shreveport-ordered-to-create-new-election-plan. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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La. voting rights case mirror political, econ and legal problems 

confronting minorities in most Am 

e Dawkins’ order City of Shreveport to come up 

1 a constitutionally acc e election plan to overcome deficie 

in its present at-large, city— 

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