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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.

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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.

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Editorial Grist: The Story of Selma

February 11, 1965

Depicts a belief that the King-led fight for the ballot in Selma was an act of resistance that compares to communism and that those working within that cause were the aggressors and oppressors.

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