April 8, 1956
Describes the arrest of 4 teenagers in the “dousing” of ‘Negroes’. They were charged with disorderly conduct and ordered to appear in municipal court on April 14.
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Police Sound Warning As: Local Negroes Reported ‘Doused’ by Teenagers
April 5, 1956
Describes Florence and Sheffield teenagers driving by ‘negro’ citizens and “dousing” and dousing them with water balloons as they walk down the street. The article also states that local police are working with the ‘negro’ citizens to identify the culprits as quickly as possible.
Letters to the Editor: In Defense of the Rights of Negroes
February 18, 1965
The writer says that whites should not resent the peaceful demands that ‘negroes’ make in relation to their civil rights.
Letter to the Editor: For Love Worketh No Ill to His Neighbor
March 6, 1956
May says that all segregation laws should be repealed and replaced by the law of love. He also says that whites do not need segregation in order to “get along with Negroes.”
Letters to the Editor: Gradual Removal of Race Barriers Urged
February 26, 1956
Burgess, a Sheffield resident, urges other white southerners to break down their own racial barriers. Says that he does not believe it to be a quick or easy process, but a necessary one.
To Pray for ‘Justice to Prevail’: 10,000 Negroes Expected Tonight at Montgomery Meet; New Arrests Made
February 23, 1956
Describes the bus boycotts taking place in Montgomery, arrests being made, and petitions of prayers on behalf of those participating in the bus boycotts.
In Face of Possible Indictments: Montgomery Negroes Continue Boycott
February 21, 1956
Describes Rev. Abernathy and a group of around 4,000 refusing to stop the bus boycott in the face of possible Grand Jury indictment.