Tables 1.1 Selected Socioeconomic Characteristics of White and Black Mississippians, 1960 19 1.2 Registered Voters in Mississippi, 1964-1980 31 1.3 Registered Black Voters and Black Elected Officials in Mississippi, 1964-1980 32 2.1 Massive Resistance Legislation 40 2.2 Racial Composition of Congressional Districts in Mississippi, 1956-1966 52 2.3 Counties Required to Switch from Election to Appointment of County Superintendent of Education 57 2.4 Number of Signatures of Registered Voters Required on Nominating Petitions for Independent Candidates under House Bill 68 61 2.5 Results for Black Candidates in 1967 Mississippi Primary and General Elections 70 4.1 Multimember Districts in Legislative Reapportionment Plans 110 4.2 Multimember House Districts in 1967 Court-Ordered Reapportionment Plan 112 4.3 Number of Majority-Black Voting-Age Population Districts in Court-Ordered and Alternative Reapportionment Plans 121 5.1 Characteristics of Districts Electing Black Legislators in Mississippi in 1979 137 5.2 Black Legislators Elected in Mississippi in 1979 and Their Districts 138 5.3 Black Legislators Elected in Mississippi in 1987 and Their Districts 141 5.4 Age and Race of New Members of the Mississippi House and Senate, 1979-1984 144 Tables x 5.5 Republicans in Southern State Legislatures, 1979 and 1989 147 5.6 Number of Black Elected County Officials in Mississippi, 1968-1988 158 6.1 Department of Justice Section 5 Objections, 1965-1988 183 6.2 Votes of Congressional Delegations from States Covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act on Passage of the Act in 1965 and Its Extension in 1970, 1975, and 1982 191 ...