May 18, 1950
Describes the segregated schools in the Florence area including Slater and Burrell and the new Handy elementary school.
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Segregation In R.R. Dining Cars Outlawed: Supreme Court Says Violates Section Of Act; Vote Unanimous
June 5, 1950
Discusses the banning of legalized segregation by the Supreme Court due to the appeal from Elmer W. Henderson.
Young Negro Soprano To Be Vocal Soloist
January 26, 1951
Describes that a young, Black woman named Mary Robbswould appear as a soprano soloist with the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra
Fight Expected In Attempt To Cut Ga. State School Funds
February 15, 1951
Describes that Governor Talmadge refused to integrate schools and proposed a budget that would suspend funding to public schools with Black students
Negroes May Be Forced Out Rural Georgia
October 23, 1950
Explains that politician Roy Harris believed that Black citizens in rural areas would be driven from their homes if schools were integrated and also that he thought organizations suchas the NAACP were harming the Black community
Graded Eating Places In 2 Counties Listed
January 17, 1951
Explains rankings for specific restaurants and includes segregated restaurants in the list
Policeman Talk To Negro Students
January 18, 1951
Explains that policeman lectured on safety to the students of Slater and Burrellschools
Negro Teachers Urged Counteract Pressure Groups
November 3, 1950
Briefly conveys that Dr. E.B. Norton, president of Florence State Teachers College,spoke at a conference at the Alabama State College for Negroes and advised Black teachers tomaintain professionalism when dealing with pressure groups
Negro Homes In All-White Sections Oked: City Of Birmingham Loses Zoning Case In Federal Court
December 20, 1950
Conveys that a federal district court found it unconstitutional for the city of Birmingham to keep their Black citizens out of “all white” neighborhood
No Leads Reported In B’Ham Bombing
December 24, 1950
Describes that the homes of the Monroe’s and the Monk’s, who had been involved in a zoning discrimination case, were bombed following the court ruling that the Birmingham racial zoning laws were unconstitutional
Editorial Grist: We Are Not Outnumbered
October 17, 1957
Notes that others agree with the southern stance on segregation, including Governor of North Dakota Arthur Davis and others who attended a demonstration at Craig Air Base.
Editorial Grist: Adlai On Location In Harlem
October 18, 1956
Describes the civil rights efforts of Adlai Stevenson, previous Governor of Illinois and also notes the divisions within government officials on the issue of segregation.
Voice Of The People: No Mystery
October 30, 1958
Describes a speech about integration given by Rev. Charles Kelly of Tuskegee Institute and argues the belief that Black Americans are treated well in the south.
Editorial Grist: Jim Folsom Comes Out For Segregation
September 14, 1961
Explains that Governor Folsom, who was running for a third term, claimed he would defend segregation but that his previous actions did not support that sentiment.
Editorial Grist
September 18, 1958
Briefly describes the Supreme Court’s decision to desegregate immediately. (Also, mentions specific names, likely referring to Supreme Court Justices Earl Warren and Hugo Black, whose votes influenced the Brown v Board decision.)
Request To Enter Negro In Mobile School Denied
September 20, 1956
Describes that a white woman named Mrs. Dorothy D. Daponte attempted to enter her Black foster daughter, Carrie Mae McCants, into an all-white public school and was denied.
Editorial Grist: Greater Segregation By 1975?
September 24, 1959
Describes the statements from Joseph D. Lohman, treasurer of the state of Illinois and sociologist, that highlighted that segregation in residential areas across the country could become worse in the future. Also, notes the belief that segregation is human instinct.
Tables For Negroes Held Constitutional
September 30, 1948
Briefly describes that the federal district court upheld Jim Crow’s segregation policy in railroad dining cars.
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: 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.
White Enrollment Up For Tuscumbia Schools
October 4, 1951
Briefly describes that segregated schools in the area received an increase in the number of white students while the number of Black students decreased.
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: Cloud Of Lunacy Begins To Break
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.