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Voting Rights Lawsuit: Court Documents, 1985-1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1985-1986

Voting Rights: Brief of the City of Springfield in Opposition to Objector's Petition, 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1986

Voting Rights Lawsuit: Court Documents, 1987

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1987

Voting Rights: Exceptions of Local Government, 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1985

Voting Rights: Exhibits (A-J), 1973-1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1973-1986

Voting Rights: Discrimination in Springfield, 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1986

Voting Rights: First and Second Voting Rights Act Memos, 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1985

Voting Rights: Plaintiffs' First Interrogatories to Defendants

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1984 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1987

Voting Rights Lawsuits from Other States

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1984 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1987

Voting Rights: Notes, Correspondence, etc., 1984-1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records and newspaper clippings related to the case Frank McNeil et al vs. the City of Springfield et al, known as the Springfield Voting Rights Lawsuit, heard in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois in 1984-1987. The plaintiffs argued that Springfield's commission form of government was racially exclusive and violated the voting rights of minority residents in the city. The court ruled for the plaintiffs, resulting in the reorganization of the city's government in the...
Dates: Created: 1984-1986