Leroy Johnson at the Georgia General Assembly, May 1964

Georgia state senator Leroy Johnson is shown sitting in the Senate chambers at the Georgia State Capitol. Caption on photo reads: (AX1) ATLANTA, May 21 - LONE NEGRO SENATOR WINS VOTER AMENDMENT APPROVAL - Leroy Johnson of Atlanta, only Negro member of the Georgia State Senate, won adoption of an amendment Wednesday that would permit registrars to approve as voters any who answer correctly four of six questions. The amendment, which must have House approval, was substituted for a section of a proposed revision of the state's election code. The previous section called for 20 correct answers from illiterates of 30 questions. Johnson's amendment would add thousands of Negroes to registration rolls in Georgia.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