Elections official assisting a voter, Camden AL 1966. In this image, a local elections official is helping an illiterate voter by reading out the choices and marking his
ballot. Federal officials were on hand to oversee the election process and ensure fairness. In the background,
second from the left, is John Doar, Assistant US Attorney General for Civil Rights, who had monitored the Civil
Rights Movement since 1961. Doar later became Chief Counsel for the House Committee on the Judiciary during
the Watergate hearings.
