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The Herald
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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Macon County, Alabama, where Negroes outnumber whites 5-to-1, faces potential abolition after federal courts ordered an end to voting discrimination. The state legislature's plan to divide it among adjoining counties stalls as neighbors fear increasing Negro voting majorities.
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Some four years ago when the suit threatened the white stranglehold on the county government, the state legislature made an amendment in the Constitution that would empower it to abolish the county and turn over its territories and citizens to the adjoining counties.
The legislative committee, aware that the ruling from the federal courts was forthcoming has been meeting for several days in an effort to process the proposed division. The surrounding counties want no part of Macon County as they believe there is a possibility of increasing the voting population of Negroes who make a majority in their county. The committee's problem is what to do with the county they abolish if no one else takes it.
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Macon County, Alabama
Event Date
Last Week
Outcome
federal courts ordered end to voting discrimination; potential county abolition with no adjoining counties willing to accept territories due to negro voting majority
Event Details
Macon County, where Negroes outnumber whites five to one, was ordered by federal courts to end discrimination against Negro voting. Four years ago, amid a suit threatening white control, the state legislature amended the constitution to allow county abolition and redistribution to adjoining counties. The legislative committee has met to process division, but surrounding counties refuse due to fear of increasing Negro voting populations.