[Ads-l] Antedating of "Voter Suppression"

[Shapiro, Fred]

voter suppression (OED 1981)

1978 Greensboro (North Carolina) Record 31 Oct. B2/4 (Newspapers.com)

A black Republican candidate seeking election to the North Carolina House of Representatives from Guilford County charged Monday that the Democratic Party historically has supported segregation in the state.  William E. "Bill" Fisher ... cited ... recent examples in claiming that the Democratic Party "while using the black votes to stay in power in North Carolina continues its practice of black voters' suppression."

Fred Shapiro

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