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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.

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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.

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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.

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Editorial Grist: Racial Agitation Becomes Widespread

March 19, 1964

Conveys the belief that the migration of Black Americans caused problems for white Americans in those areas, that the effort to integrate schools was unfounded, and that Black leaders within the civil rights movement were uninformed.

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