SIDE 1: Greensboro, Ala. 2-9-82. Hearing - Courthouse.

This audio recording features a voting rights hearing at the Hale County Courthouse in Greensboro, Alabama. Speakers at the hearing discuss intimidation of Black voters at the polls and at registration offices in Alabama and the importance of the renewal of the Voting Rights Act. John Nettles speaks on behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), describing a number of complaints SCLC has received from Alabama citizens regarding problems in registering to vote. Other individuals to testify at the hearing include Willie Davis of Pickens County and Spiver Gordon of Greene County.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection