March 10, 1965
The author shows his desire to be a proud American rather than just a proud ‘Negro.’ He acknowledges that no race is above another and he longs for the day where he can recite the allegiance to the flag in a truthful manner. When that day comes, he will no longer be a proud ‘Negro’ but a proud American.
February 18, 1965
The writer says that whites should not resent the peaceful demands that ‘negroes’ make in relation to their civil rights.
May 11, 1963
Describes a Decatur resident vouching to keep desegregation in place. He also says that ‘negroes’ are less developed and meant to be separate from whites.
May 8, 1963
Compares the NAACP to the Communist Party and says that ‘Negroes’ should go back to Africa. Writer is from Tuscaloosa.
May 6, 1963
The writers ask why people are wanting whites and blacks to live together at all. In short, the writer is advocating strongly for segregation. The writer is from Birmingham.
March 7, 1963
Writer calls for those who believe in desegregation who have not spoken out to do so in the midst of the events that have transpired across Alabama and in the South. Writer is from Florence, Alabama.
March 6, 1956
May says that all segregation laws should be repealed and replaced by the law of love. He also says that whites do not need segregation in order to “get along with Negroes.”
February 26, 1956
Burgess, a Sheffield resident, urges other white southerners to break down their own racial barriers. Says that he does not believe it to be a quick or easy process, but a necessary one.
February 10, 1956
James S. Williams, the writer of the article, is disagreeing with the comment that Mrs. John Gilbert made about there being a negro problem. He says the problem is not the African Americans seeking equal rights, but those that oppose their desire to seek those rights.
February 7, 1956
Describes Mrs. Gilbert’s position that ‘Negroes’ should be content to go as they have in the past in relation to race relations in public spaces.