Negro vote may swing 1968 election in key states
AP reports civil rights leaders run a broad get out the vote campaign as Negro registration rises in the South by 30 percent to 3.1 million, while analysts debate Nixon's share of the Negro vote. Protested by figures like Jackie Robinson and Abernathy, strategies urge turnout to honor past sacrifices and influence the three way race.
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Southern
North
Stoo
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Citizens For Nixon-Agnew
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Associated Press
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Jackie Robinson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Robinson
Miami Beach
Rockefeller
Citizens Committees Flourish For Both Campaigns
The piece describes nationwide Citizens Committee networks backing Nixon-Agnew and Humphrey-Muskie, with dozens of groups and thousands of volunteers coordinated from Washington. It highlights taxi driver and service sector committees, plus varied professions, singing praise yet noting uncountable membership sizes and differing reach.
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Richard M. Nixon
George C. Wallace
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Mary Jean McCaffree
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