September 26, 1963
Notes that the Black child (Avery Hatcher) of Associated Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher would attend school with Caroline Kennedy.
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Abernathy Scores Folsom’s Stand On Segregation
September 30, 1954
Describes a statement from the GOP nominee for governor, Tom Abernathy, who opposed the remark that segregated schools were unequal, which was made by the democratic nominee for governor, James E. Folsom.
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: Arkansas Spoke For The South
August 7, 1958
Explains that Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, who blocked integration at Central High School in Little Rock, was re-elected by a notable margin.
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.
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: Not Newsworthy
September 12, 1959
Describes that residents within a Black neighborhood protested a white man building a house within their community and suggests that Black Americans disagree with integration.
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.
Editorial Grist: Segregationist Ministers Are Silent On Issue
July 24, 1958
Describes the belief that pro-segregation ministers needed to advocate for segregation and displays the discriminatory views of Dr. Henry L. Lyon of Montgomery who was the president of the Alabama Baptist Convention.
Editorial Grist: Vote ‘Yes’ On Amendment 2
August 2, 1956
Advises citizens in the area to vote “yes” on an amendment to maintain segregation in public schools and “no” on an amendment that would increase taxes.
Editorial Grist: South’s Right To Fight
August 4, 1955
Explains the belief that those who oppose integration, specifically those apart of White Citizens Councils, needed to speak out because of the perceived consequences that could ensue from the desegregation of public schools.
Civil Rights Boomerang
June 3, 1948
Describes the conflicting ideas about segregation and integration in public schools, primarily from the perspective of Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon.
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.
Negro Pupils’ Plea Balked In Virginia
June 18, 1959
Describes that the Floyd County School Board would not allow fourteen Black students to transfer to public white high schools in the area and explains that county schools would potentially be shut down if integration occurred.
Editorial Grist: The True Lesson Of Little Rock
June 19, 1958
Argues that the Little Rock Nine were only successful in demonstrating that integration would be a violent, unnecessary process.
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 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.
Folsom Gives Stand Gn (typo) Segregation, If It Is A Stand
July 7, 1955
Vaguely describes that Governor Folsom planned to pass a bill that would impact segregation in public schools.
Editorial Grist: Onward
April 15, 1965
Describes the perception that race relations were functional within Alabama, specifically in regard to education. Also, presents a statistic that Black teachers were paid more than white teachers.
State May Have To Turn To Private Schools To Avoid Integration, Patterson Says
May 5, 1960
Describes that Alabama Governor Patterson studied the private school system in Prince Edward County, Virginia in case integration was forced onto schools in Alabama.
Editorial Grist: What About The Negroes Themselves?
May 27, 1954
Describes the belief that Black children would not benefit from integrated schools because they would still not be treated as equals.
Supreme Court Grants Stay In Integration Order For State Jails
March 23, 1967
Describes the order for Alabama prisons to be integrated as the result of a Supreme Court ruling and explains the push back from Governor Lurleen Wallace and Attorney General Gallion.