December 15, 1960
Describes that Supreme Court Judge Joseph A. Mallery believed the NAACP worked against judges who did not advocate for civil rights.
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Editorial Grist: Rights For Whites
October 27, 1960
Describes the belief that the rights of white Americans needed to be protected by the federal government because Black Americans were granted more freedoms.
Editorial Grist: The Integration Showcase Of America
November 26, 1964
Describes that efforts to integrate schools in Washington DC seemingly failed and questions the success of desegregation.
Editorial Grist: Jim Folsom Comes Out For Segregation
September 14, 1961
Explains that Governor Folsom, who was running for a third term, claimed he would defend segregation but that his previous actions did not support that sentiment.
Editorial Grist: Kennedy Integration
September 26, 1963
Notes that the Black child (Avery Hatcher) of Associated Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher would attend school with Caroline Kennedy.
Editorial Grist: Example Of How The South Treats The Negro
September 28, 1961
Describes the belief that southerners treat Black Americans with respect because a Black man called “Uncle” Bob Pague was given needed medical treatment and assisted by two white women.
Civil Rights Molisters (typo) Denounced By Mansfield
September 30, 1965
Describes new guidelines, outlined by South Magazine, that police officers needed to follow in order to avoid being accused of brutality by civil rights’ activists.
Editorial Grist: The Birmingham Story
October 3, 1963
Describes that a racially-motivated crime (the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing) occurred in Birmingham and critiques the fact that white people were held responsible as well as how people held Governor Wallace as a promoter of racial violence.
Editorial Grist: Cloud Of Lunacy Begins To Break
October 10, 1963
Describes a boycott (The Birmingham Campaign) that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. planned to conduct in Birmingham and notes that two Black men, Gaston (a funeral home owner) and Gaston (a lawyer), did not support the efforts.
Editorial Grist: A Nisei Speaks To Negroes
August 22, 1963
Describes the idea that the Black community needed to better themselves and their environments before receiving equal rights and is explained from the perspective of a Japanese-American.
Editorial Grist: Civil Rights’ Fraud
August 25, 1960
Describes that the Democrats and Republicans gathered in Congress were attempting to use the civil rights issue for political gain and were prolonging the passage of any useful legislation.
Editorial Grist: Church Integration
August 25, 1960
Describes disagreement with a kneeling protest conducted by the NAACP that took place in Atlanta churches.
Wallace Thrills A Crowd of 5,000 Here
September 5, 1963
Describes a rally held by Governor Wallace where he declared that he would continue to defy federal law and attempt to maintain segregation in public schools, specifically at a white school in Tuskegee.
Editorial Grist: Handwriting On The Wall
July 18, 1963
Describes the belief that whites in the north oppose integration as much as those in the south and explains that the Kennedy administration needed to acknowledge the white majority.
School Boards Urged To Resist
August 11, 1966
Explains that school boards were told that it was within their rights to maintain segregation despite federal law and also describes the segregationist views of Governor George C. Wallace.
Negro Major Rips Leaders “Frauds”
August 22, 1963
Describes the perspective of Major Hughes Alonzo Robinson, who believed that civil rights demonstrations were not beneficial for the Black community and that they needed to wait for proper legal processes to be conducted.
Editorial Grist: School Mixing
June 3, 1965
Expresses the belief that forced integration in schools would not be beneficial and explains the idea that schools should be separated residentially, even if that results in inequality.
Editorial Grist: A Reasonable Request
June 6, 1963
Expresses anger toward integration, particularly at the request from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for President Kennedy to accompany a young Black woman as she began studying at the University of Alabama.
Editorial Grist: Confrontation In Alabama
June 20, 1963
Describes previous efforts from Governor George Wallace to maintain segregation and argues that the courts should readdress the constitutionality of desegregation.
Editorial Grist: The Famous About – Face
June 25, 1964
Displays statements against the creation of the FEPC made by Lyndon B. Johnson during his time in the Senate, prior to his presidency.
Editorial Grist: The Great Experiment
July 4, 1963
Vaguely examines integration and the perceived consequences that could result on a national level if it were to be enforced by the federal government.
Editorial Grist: Teachers And Preachers
July 7, 1960
Briefly states the belief that Black Americans should focus more on bettering their own community than working toward gaining rights across the nation.
Editorial Grist: Mississippi Troubles And LBJ
July 9, 1964
Describes the belief that civil rights activists, specifically those working in Mississippi, needed to cease with their attempts to promote equality in order to maintain the peace.