February 14, 1955
Describes that Governor Folsom threatened to enfranchise Black voters in order to get a bill passed
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Alabama KKK Splits Wide Open, Stated: Birmingham News In Copyrighted Story Makes Revelation
January 18, 1950
Describes the divides within Ku Klux Klan leadership as well as the problems and discrepancies within the organizations that resulted from inner disputes and legal issues.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Editorial Grist: Negro Editor Speaks Out
June 11, 1959
Describes that Percy Green, a Black newspaper editor in Mississippi, believed that the 1954 decision from the Supreme Court was not benefitting Black Americans.
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.
Johnson’s Record on ‘Civil Rights’
March 19, 1964
Conveys that President Johnson claimed he was a supporter of civil rights legislation and examines his votes within Congress that contradicted that claim.
Editorial Grist: Qualifications For The Right To Vote
March 25, 1965
Exhibits the perception that voting rights were already guaranteed to Black Americans if they meet the qualifications and explains that no other civil rights legislation is necessary.
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.
Constitutional Rights
April 22, 1948
Argues that President Truman’s efforts to implement civil rights legislation is unnecessary.
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.
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.
Southerners Make Headway On Ike’s Civil Rights Bill
May 23, 1957
Describes the belief that legislative efforts to end segregation, such as the anti-poll tax, anti-lynch, and FEPC, would ultimately fail because they were anti-south and expresses the idea that civil rights efforts were becoming less popular across the nation.
Patterson to Ask U.S. Congress To Leave Schools Under Local Control
March 19, 1959
Describes the efforts of Governor Patterson and Senator Talmadge to create an amendment that would allow states to decide whether or not to integrate their schools.
Wallace Helps People Understand Civil Rights Bill
January 30, 1964
Explains that Governor Wallace provided his interpretations of the Civil Rights Bill on public television and that he also conferred with leaders in other states as they presented their conclusions on the legislation.
Integration Makes Slow Progress
February 13, 1964
Explains the perception that the implementation of laws regarding integration by the Supreme Court were unwanted by white Americans across the nation and that Congress needed to focus on other important issues.
Civil Rights Lost
February 16, 1950
Briefly explains the belief that President Truman’s civil rights program would fail in Congress.
Southerners Planning New Policy
February 19, 1948
Explains that southern Democrats were displeased with President Truman’s proposed civil rights legislation and that they planned to protest its progress, as well as the northern Democrat’s decisions, at the Democratic National Convention.
FEPC Measure Is Shoved Back
February 23, 1950
Describes that the Senate pushed back voting on President’s Truman’s FEPC anti-discrimination bill and explains that the bill would implement measures to prevent racial or religious discrimination when employing or firing workers.
South No Longer In Bag For Party
February 26, 1948
Describes the disputes between southern governors and the national Democratic party as President Truman pursued a civil rights program and the impact those disputes could have on elections.
Wallace Resolution Progresses
March 11, 1965
Describes the resolution suggested by Governor Wallace to enable states to choose whether or not to integrate their schools and explains that other southern states began to approve the measure.
Editorial Grist: Gyrating John Gyrates Again
January 15, 1953
Describes that Senator John Sparkman made differing promises in regard to restricting and expanding civil rights during his multiple campaigns and explains that voters will recognize his inconsistencies.