Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Honor
Date Enacted:
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Short Title:
"Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006"
Classification:
42 USC 1971 (note)
PL:
109-246
Statute At Large:
120 Stat 577
Named For?:
Fannie Lou Hamer was a voting rights activist and SNCC organizer. Rosa Parks was a civil rights leader. Coretta Scott King was a civil rights activist and founder of the Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
Link/Source:
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title in Statutes at Large is the "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006"