Going to Atlanta? See the exhibit “Of Ballots Uncast: The African-American Struggle for the Right to Vote”

If you are planning travel in the Atlanta area within the next six months, you might want to take in the exhibit entitled “Of Ballots Uncast: The African-American Struggle for the Right to Vote,” which opens at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site Visitor Center today (4 August 2005) and continues through 7 March 2006. The exhibit is in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 6 August 1965.

The exhibit is sponsored by the African American Experience Fund/National Park Foundation and the National Archives and Records Administration. There is no admission charge. The Visitor Center is located at 450 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia. Exhibit hours are 9 am to 6 pm daily through 14 August, and 9 am to 5 pm thereafter through 7 March 2006, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Days. For more information, call 404. 331.5190 or visit the Web site at
http://www.nps.gov/malu/pphtml/eventdetail18353.html