January 2, 1951
Describes the split in the Democratic party over Truman’s proposed Civil Rights Program and how it would likely impact elections as well as how Congress functioned
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Moderate Civil Rights Advocated
December 29, 1949
Describes the civil rights efforts of Rep. Brooks Hays of Arkansas who aimed to create equal pay for equal work for Black Americans through the Fair Employment Practices Commission.
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.
Editorial Grist: Civil Rights’ Fraud
August 25, 1960
Describes that the Democrats and Republicans gathered in Congress were attempting to use the civil rights issue for political gain and were prolonging the passage of any useful legislation.
Civil Rights Boomerang
June 3, 1948
Describes the conflicting ideas about segregation and integration in public schools, primarily from the perspective of Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon.
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.
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.
Ike And Republican Congressmen Chang (typo) On Civil Rights
January 23, 1958
Describes the belief that Republican President Eisenhower had become reluctant in pursuing civil rights legislation and had silenced himself as a result of losing the Black vote to his Democratic opponent.