June 18, 1950
Discusses President Truman’s efforts to gradually end segregation within the armed forces and the reactions that followed that decision.
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Dixie Scores new Victory Against Civil Rights Plan
July 13, 1950
Describes the vote for the disbandment of the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) and how many perceived that the result of that vote meant that President Truman would not be able to follow through on his civil rights promises.
All-Summer Civil Rights Fight Looms: But Congressional Leaders Failing To Support President
January 18, 1950
Describes the disputes within the House of Representatives as conflicting sides of civil rights legislation began to enter discussion and the efforts from President Truman to keep the House legislation rules the same in order for a fair decision to be made.
Folsom Says People Sick, Tired of Civil Rights Talk
January 20, 1950
Explains that Alabama Governor Folsom believed that the discussion of civil rights had grown monotonous and that there were more crucial things to be discussed; also, presents information about a Democratic meeting in Raleigh that avoided discussion of civil rights that Governor Folsom endorsed as being positive.
Right Negroes Vote In Texas Primary Upheld: U.S. Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals Re-Affirms Decision
January 24, 1951
Explains that Black citizens were granted their right to vote in Texas after disputes between parties and the court
Former Policeman Pleads Guilty in Civil Rights Case
October 13, 1950
Describes that a police officer named Doyle Mitchum admitted to the murder of a young Black boy named Willie B. Carlisle and conveys that the harshest punishment he could face was one year in prison and a $1,000 fine
Editorial Grist: Adlai On Location In Harlem
October 18, 1956
Describes the civil rights efforts of Adlai Stevenson, previous Governor of Illinois and also notes the divisions within government officials on the issue of segregation.
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: 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.
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: Where Negroes Own Cadillacs
October 10, 1957
Describes the belief that Black Americans had better ownership abilities in the south and notes that Bishop Addison of the African Universal Church believed efforts for integration to be negative.
Editorial Grist: Civil Rights May Be A ‘Hot Potato
July 22, 1948
Describes the congressional approach to dealing with the civil rights legislation suggested during President Truman’s administration.
Letter To The Editor
July 31, 1952
Describes that Gessner T. McCorvey, chairman on the Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama, disagrees with proposed civil rights legislation.
Civil Rights
August 19, 1948
Attempts to make a joke about how three Black women would react if the Civil Rights Bill were to be passed.
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: 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.
McCorvey Won’t Go To Convention
June 10, 1948
Describes that Gessner T. McCorvey, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, would not go to convention but would continue his fight against President Truman and civil rights legislation.
Hill Demands Protection State Right
July 1, 1948
Expresses that many southern government leaders were displeased with the efforts to end segregation, poll taxes, and lynching, all of which they argued could be handled by state authorities.
Editorial Grist: Advancement In Harmony
March 31, 1960
Explains the belief that the non-violent civil rights movement is dangerous and that there is no need for a civil rights movement of any kind because the south is a harmonious place for both Black and white Americans.
Editorial Grist: Governor Wallace Leads The Fight
April 2, 1964
Explains the belief that Governor Wallace running for president would bring attention to the opposing side of the civil rights bill.
Letter to Editor: Businessmen Oppose Rights Bill
April 19, 1965
Describes the disapproval of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by The Business and Professional Men’s Association of Birmingham. Also, explains that they plan to send the included resolution to members of Congress.
Learn Why Truman’s Civil Rights Program Will Destroy Alabama: Listen to Local Broadcast
April 22, 1948
Contains an advertisement for a speaker named Walter F. Miller on a local radio station in Florence, AL called WJOI.