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The Fayette County Civic and Welfare League was established in 1959 in order to advocate for equal voting rights for the African American community in Fayette County, Tennessee. Through a rigorous voter registration drive, local African Americans were able to change the political climate of the county and gain national attention for the work ...
Fayette County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ... Voter registration. As of February 5, 2024, there are 77,979 registered voters in Fayette County.
Viola Harris McFerren (1931–2013) was a civil rights activist in Fayette County, Tennessee.Born October 19, 1931, she went on to found the Fayette County Civic and Welfare League Inc., which was later called the Original Fayette Civic Welfare League Inc. [1] After attending a high school for African Americans in 1947, McFerren later become involved in desegregating public schools, with her ...
Fayette County voters will decide Nov. 5 if they want to pay a separate tax to fund capital projects for Lexington’s 100 parks. The last time voters weighed in on a new tax was 2004, when they ...
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council voted unanimously in April to allow voters to decide Nov. 5 whether to support the additional tax. If approved by Lexington’s voters, it will be the ...
Early, in-person voting with no excuse ends Saturday, and voters across the state can head to their polling place from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time Tuesday, Nov. 8 to cast a ballot on Election Day.
Tent City, also called Freedom Village, was an encampment outside of Memphis in Fayette County, Tennessee for African Americans who were evicted from their homes and blacklisted from buying amenities as retaliation for registering to vote during the Civil Rights Movement.
In Fayette County, the early voters were overwhelmingly registered as Democrats: Of 16,709 votes cast over the three days, 10,752 were Democrats and 4450 were Republicans.