October 10, 1963
Describes a boycott (The Birmingham Campaign) that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. planned to conduct in Birmingham and notes that two Black men, Gaston (a funeral home owner) and Gaston (a lawyer), did not support the efforts.
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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: Church Integration
August 25, 1960
Describes disagreement with a kneeling protest conducted by the NAACP that took place in Atlanta churches.
Alabama Exhibit At Chicago Is Predicted
March 15, 1965
Describes that Governor Wallace visited Chicago for an Alabama travel exhibit and that protests broke out, many under the direction of CORE. Also, explains that Wallace expressed gratitude to the policeman who guarded the exhibit from picketers.
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.
A Wallace Ally in Chicago
February 27, 1964
Describes that Governor Wallace went on a tour of the Midwest and explains that he agreed with a Black, Chicago man named S.B Fuller who exhibited his views that civil rights protests were unproductive and that racial justice would not be acquired through integration.