Mail to: Civil Rights Digest, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1405 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20425 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights also makes available clearinghouse publications, pamphlets, and studies. Check and send all wests to the above address. Civil Rights Under Federal Programs Equal Opportunity in Hospitals and Health Facilities Equal Opportunity in Farm Programs The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Equal Employment Opportunity Under Federal Law Federal Rights Under School Desegregation Law Racial Isolation in Public Schools Directory of Civil Rights Agencies and Organizations Schools CAN Be Desegregated Education Parks Employment Testing: Guide Signs, Not Stop Signs Mobility in the Negro Community Process of Change: School Desegregation in Syracuse, N.Y. Who Will Listen? Quien Le Oira? WHEN VOTING RIGHTS ARE DENIED On August 5, 1970, various sections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are scheduled to expire unless Congress moves swiftly to extend the Act. One of the key provisions scheduled to expire authorizes the Attorney General to send Federal observers to oversee the conduct of elections in States covered by the Act. On May 13, 1969, such observers were sent into a number of cities and towns in Mississippi to observe Democratic primary elections. The Commission on Civil Rights also sent two attorneys to the State to observe the conduct of IMMER 1969 CENTER FOR MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SID W. RICHARDSON HALL, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78705 1 |