Correspondence from Bradford Reynolds to Brock
Correspondence
November 30, 1981

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. U.S. Rules N.C. Law Violates Voting Rights News Clipping, 1981. 1c5561ae-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/99bd2cff-f49f-4ff3-9690-0cd5c85229d5/us-rules-nc-law-violates-voting-rights-news-clipping. Accessed May 22, 2025.
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From Charlotte And The Carolinas ( Classifieds, Page rr.., By ROBERT HODIERNE Ob3.ry!r Washincton gurcau ; Story or Picture ldea? Cail (704) 379-6459 8 a.m.-Midnight',: o : WASHINGTON - rne jrstice DeDart-.' ment said Tuesday a lg6g N.C. conititu-','.: tional amendment that prohibits dividine . , counties ro form cenerii ai*iiiurv .rJi:- tion districts ,violates. the lg65 Vo-t-ing.':.,Rights Act.: In a letter to Alex Brock, executive The state.has 100 _ House Speaker Liston Ramsey said hat wh,e the deci- [H:1il;:,ffi[,,"1xiff:Jll,.'J".t]lili]: 'Gene_ral Assembly will have a special ses- sion in January to redraw the districts for ; the 120 House and 50 Senate seats. The ' legislature had a special session in Oc- . tober to revise earlier redistricting plansr . : "I don't know who's right and who's . wrong on this," Ramsey said. ,,I do know. , ..,., See U.S. RULES page,llC, Col. I , ' ' iU;,s;i.fiuIe.i'MC.,.r,iii:i.,l,Vinl^;.ilffi i t*:ffiFni{Y .,9::,I:*tu, _Vi{at e s V otin s' Ri sht s l-e.9.Igtary of the state board of elections, William Bradford Reynolds, assistant-ai. ' .: lorney general for. ciyil, rights, wrote: I \ I \ I/.n.i.rrn7o" the other who's the boss' Ldon't [now thati lit"nt-as.a minoiitv';;;.'i"J,pd the aeiirioi-irl."nnorncea. ait ii"no, r,. added, miybe-Flahertv"3,1.'13,['*,n,.. 1;;"i;;, illkrl[1i'+:it6lg'g,g iil"#iTll#1T:i B:,i::nill ile ,rr,.;- ,,,,.'"iri,biil;;i iii,li,li'ffi'ellilf, F{,i;:{i4;1,, ,.;j,i[,,]:*:t"iil;]i"ts'Jill'.T",,. ry"s goi,,s-i; ;;ffiii'ii"XiT[: ,11tg:-H:#$.:yei!'kti;ttre oecisiini:;rh#iio *r,;i *.: -.'-r.i,i.-ir.pubrican.cr,ri.r", ol] itli#$j'j"i,+itt.nt'"tfi "t*ti:;t:l'#,lo;"" ,r.. .,,.,,:,- ,: y1j^{;19g[nr;lr.9d rG;;/:;.- Deen made. | -+winnui u.ri"e"ves that,wL,.l._rt i, J,'$#!ii,:,!4:ii.,f,X?'.,?r,Xi:; r.*,fii;;"",,,,.noo,, Frahertv ili!!|l! 'Ii,fff,: #l,gt;t,n*,1 t*;i5+,';'iDe;;;;;ii"' rfii,: yl:-l.rfi,i"iipt.tu,, i,e,a .Leei *"yl-,i*-$ruJ.xi'ur".r, .Qen: ' ,incr.-r;['J.'r'oi.';,1;],,'oindto t"'"t"',j*,:^:;:'],"11:,. r^ ,. -- !.r .. [,i'lti!iur.v'#];',ii';rffi 1 ;f:[#.*riff1i:,i":,]rr*i il}il:r.ff#;li"E:#..{iii: i members of the House andl-;;l ' ine-isues, rani'cu;il, ;\i;rrr-'i aeiision th;;i,;il the state Repub-black member of the senate.- -.t- . il;r;;iarrrvu..ioi tii'. ]'ria,'."i0, i- - '._'Because blacks have been sub-.,;;;iI r.ifi 11;11i,ip,,,-,-iliiffi,:["":i,'r*ll;;#:n",.iJj*:j#'$: i r ".?:-.l1ll{il cities, Winner said.--' - -ir,J,irt. couro annealiin .r,,"_ _J