December 6, 1955
Defends the rights of Black people by utilizing Biblical scripture and argues that the fight for the rights of Black people should belong to all Americans
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Alabama’s New Blueprint: School Officials Given Keep-Segregation Plans
September 22, 1955
Describes that school officials were given an outline for how the state government planned to preserve segregation. Also, notes that Alabama officials were planning to build new schools
Segregation End Ordered: Integration Is Ordered, But Local Conditions To Be Taken Into Account
May 31, 1955
Describes that the Supreme Court ordered that public school segregation end as soon as possible, with the consideration of local conditions
Dixie Studies Integration Problem: Segregation Picture, State By State
June 12, 1955
Describes how different states were approaching the Supreme Court’s decision to integrate public schools
Negro Women Seek To Enter University
June 28, 1955
Describes that Polly Anne Myers and Autherine J. Lucy, two Black women from Birmingham, were seeking to enter the University of Alabama.
First Segregation Test Case To Be Heard In State
June 29, 1955
Describes that Autherine J. Lucy and Polly Ann Myers, two Black women seeking entry into the University of North Alabama, were appealing their case
Following Court Victory: Negroes To Ask University Admission
June 30, 1955
Describes that a federal judge ruled that Arthurine J. Lucy and Polly Ann Myers Hudson could not be denied entry into the University of Alabama because of their race
Letters To Editor: Continued Segregation In Schools Urged
July 15, 1955
Describes the belief that schools should not be integrated because white children and Black children would begin falling in love with one another. Also, notes the writer’s belief that God did not want schools to be integrated
New Step To Avoid Integration: Senate Approves Police Power
July 23, 1955
Describes that the Alabama Senate approved the use of police power to maintain segregation in public school
Negro Education Volcano Erupting Over Southland
June 11, 1950
Describes that schools considered separate but equal in the south were actually one billion dollars different and that the south could not afford to make facilities equal.
South Dogged By Tribunal’s Negro Ruling: Equal Facilities ‘Within-The-State’ Must Be Provided
September 3, 1950
Discusses problems in the south that arose from the Supreme Court decisions regarding separate but equal facilities and segregation.
Dixie Sees Destruction Of Its Schools If Segregation Banned; Truman Stand Told
March 16, 1950
Describes that specific southern states actively pursued avoiding integration in all areas of their communities through legal pathways and explains a brief that was critical of integration and maintained the importance of facilities being separate but equal.
Fight Expected In Attempt To Cut Ga. State School Funds
February 15, 1951
Describes that Governor Talmadge refused to integrate schools and proposed a budget that would suspend funding to public schools with Black students
Negroes May Be Forced Out Rural Georgia
October 23, 1950
Explains that politician Roy Harris believed that Black citizens in rural areas would be driven from their homes if schools were integrated and also that he thought organizations suchas the NAACP were harming the Black community
Pvt. Frank T. Lane
December 18, 1950
Depicts a Black man named Frank T. Lane who had just completed his Air Forcebasic training and was being moved to a base
War Casualty
December 12, 1950
Depicts that a man named Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first Black man to serve as a naval flier, was killed in the line of duty
Recruited Ned Carson
December 14, 1950
Depicts a soldier named Ned Carson and notes that he was stationed at Camp Atterbury in Indiana
Editorial Grist: We Are Not Outnumbered
October 17, 1957
Notes that others agree with the southern stance on segregation, including Governor of North Dakota Arthur Davis and others who attended a demonstration at Craig Air Base.
Voice Of The People: No Mystery
October 30, 1958
Describes a speech about integration given by Rev. Charles Kelly of Tuskegee Institute and argues the belief that Black Americans are treated well in the south.
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.
Negro-Sponsored Institute Assailed By Council Speaker
December 13, 1956
Describes that many southern leaders, including Congressmen, disagreed with the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v Board decision and held a meeting in which they aimed to discuss their concerns.
Communists Are Pushing Integration In Our Schools
September 13, 1956
Compares and connects the integration efforts of the NAACP to the Communist Party and exerts the belief that the Communists are pushing for young people to join their endeavors.
Request To Enter Negro In Mobile School Denied
September 20, 1956
Describes that a white woman named Mrs. Dorothy D. Daponte attempted to enter her Black foster daughter, Carrie Mae McCants, into an all-white public school and was denied.
Alabama Declines To Present Segregation Briefs
September 23, 1954
Explains that Alabama planned to defy the Supreme Court’s request to desegregate public schools.