October 4, 1955
Describes that Governor Folsom had vetoed three pro-segregation bills and had criticized pro-segregation White Citizens Councils
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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
S. Carolina May Get Rid Of Poll Tax: Ranks Of States With Poll Tax Is Growing Smaller
October 30, 1950
Explains that South Carolinians would be voting on eliminating the poll tax,highlights that repealing poll taxes was a goal of Truman’s Civil Rights program, and provides perspective on the supposed history of the poll tax
“Drive KKK Out Of Business” Heflin Tells Legionnaires
July 7, 1949
Describes that a Tuscumbia attorney and Howell Thomas Heflin aimed to convince delegates that they needed to help get rid of the KKK and their violent principles.
Editorial Grist: Not Judicially Honest
January 29, 1948
Describes that Senator Eastland of Mississippi found it unnecessary for the Supreme Court to pass an anti-lynching law and that other people within the area had grown distrusting of the Supreme Court.