1963

Oliver, C. Herbert, fl. 1963

Typed document signed

Title: Document on Human Rights in Alabama, The Willie Coleman Case

One document regarding the case of Willie Coleman of Alabama. Text reviews the instance by which Coleman was arrested by policemen as a suspect in a robbery and after turning himself into the police was beaten. The author of the letter, Rev. C. Herbert Oliver recounts the tension during and after the trial by the policemen. Once the verdicty was delivered as "not guilty," one officer E. H. Goodwin insisted a witness, David Tate, lied about where Willie Coleman was during the night of the robbery.

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1963

Inter-Citizens Committee

Printed document

Title: [Inter-Citizens Committee mailing list]

One mailing list letter from the Inter-Citizens Committee detailing the background history, activities and donations criteria. Letter mentions an African American veteran who was shot and paralyzed by a policemen and another man who was castrated by a mob in 1957.

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1964

Linn, Marjorie Lees, 1930-1979

Document

Title: Face of a Monster

One essay written in 1964 by Marjorie Lees Linn regarding the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. Linn's attempts to voice the incredulity she felt after the attack and insults she received criticizing those who committed the attack. "How can responsible, clear-thinking white people possibly believe that there is any excusing such acts or for that matter any excusing their own prejudice against the colored race?"

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16 March 1968

McCarthy, Eugene, fl. 1968

Header Record

Title: [Circular letter from McCarthy for President campaign and RPM: Martin Luther King Jr., March 16, 1968 Speaks to the California Democratic Council] [Decimalized .01-.02]

One circular letter campaigning to Senator Eugene McCarthy to be elected as president. A quote by Martin Luther King Jr. is used. Housed separately is a recording of Dr. King's speech to the California Democratic Council. (found in Folder 5)

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30 March 1965

Minute Women of the U.S.A.

Printed document

Title: March on Montgomery -- The Untold Story

One circular letter dated March 30, 1965 regarding the March on Montgomery. Contains a speech by Alabama Senator Dickinson recounting events during the march that he believed was obscene and lewd. Dickinson claims that "an all-night session of debauchery within the church itself," took place the evening of the march.

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1964

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

Typed document

Title: Congressional Challenge - Fact Sheet

One fact sheet dated 1964, regarding an election where Heber Lander denied MFDP candidates names on the ballot. Document details the basis of the challenge (that five representatives were elected unconstitutionally), the procedure, suggesting a Fairness resolution and background on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

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October 8, 1964

National Putnam Letters Committee

Pamphlet

Title: The Evers Opinion

One pamphlet dated 1964 entitled "The Evers Opinion" regarding the disadvantages of racial integration in U.S. schools. The author argues that "Brown v. Board of Education" had holes in the decision which they found to be unconstitutional.

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1966

Garrett, Henry E., 1894-1973

Pamphlet

Title: How Classroom Desegregation Will Work

One pamphlet printed in 1966 challenging desegregation in the classroom. Document contains a study of public school children's intelligence in Florida and Georgia based on race. The study found that, "For all these reasons, it is clear that desegregation will not pull the Negro up to White standards. To the contrary, desegregation will pull down the White child. Every items of evidence points this way." Published by Patrick Henry Press.

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1957

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Envelope

Title: [SCLC Donation Envelope, Dollars for Freedom]

One donation envelope belonging to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with a printed signature of Martin Luther King Jr., president and Ralph D. Abernathy, treasurer, dating from King's presidency, 1957-1968. Includes image of Dr. King on both sides with attached membership card.

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May 1965

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Header Record

Title: [Request for donation from SCLC] [Decimalized .01-.03]

Four items related to the mailing list of Southern Christian Leadership Conference request for contributions. Includes correspondence and envelope from Martin Luther King Jr., regarding their efforts, list of fiscal facts pertaining to SCLC, and an contribution envelope with paid postage.

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1965 May

King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968

Letter

Title: to "Dear Friend"

One circular letter to either subscribers or other type of recipients. Mentions the efforts of the SCLC pertaining to protests in Selma which President Johnson had recognized as a significant historical event. Calls for a contribution to fund volunteers of SCLC who oranized voter registration and community projects in Southern states. Also included is an envelope to Mr. and Mrs. Hal Leler.

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1965 May

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Document

Title: Some Important Fiscal Facts About SCLC

One item from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference mailing list dated 1965. Item is labelled as "Some Important Fiscal Facts About SCLC." The document details that no one in SCLC receives a salary, that an audit is completed by a C.P.A., fundraising and where contributions are used within the organization.

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1965 May

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Envelope

Title: [Donation envelope to SCLC]

One pre-paid piece of mail addressed to Martin Luther King Jr., at SCLC Headquarters. Envelope contains a form to be filled out by the donor. "I am pleased to contribute to $ ____ to advance human dignity in the United States."

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1 September 1967

King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968

Typed document

Title: Speech to the American Psychological Association.

One address delivered by Martin Luther King Jr., at the Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C., dated September 1, 1967. Dr. King refers to the aid that science can give to the plight of African Americans in the fight against racism. He writes that non-violent protests have been the most effective modes of affecting change, as well as, riots in the city. "Urban riots are a special form of violence. They are not insurrections. The rioters are not seeking to seize territory or to attain control of institutions. Dominantly they are intended to shock the white community. They are a distorted form of…

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9 July 1989

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Document

Title: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Observes the 25th Anniversary of the Signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

One program dated July 9, 1989, marking the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, includes a historical sketch of the signing, a religious service schedule, and scanned images of protests.

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13 December 1989

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Pamphlet

Title: SCLS, Hope

One pamphlet printed in 1989 related to the 12th Annual Alabama Southern Christian Leadership Conference which took place in Birmingham, Alabama. Document contains conference details such as speakers, conference schedule, messages from politicians regarding Civil Rights, photographs of demonstrations, and messages from community members.

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1955

Leflar, Robert, fl. 1955

Pamphlet

Title: What the Supreme Court Said...

One pamphlet printed by the Southern Regional Council in 1955 on the school segregation decision by Robert A . Leflar. The publication includes an analysis of the Supreme Court decision which diverged from the position that NAACP counsel and Solicitor General Sobeloff had requested. Also printed is the decision and implementation of the decision.

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26 July 1963

Southern Regional Council

Typed document

Title: Civil Rights Crisis: A Synopsis of Recent Developments

One synopsis dated July 26, 1963 related to protests in the South from June 24 to July 24 1963. Scope of list contains instances in Alabama cities: Bessemer, Birmingham, Gadsden, Huntsville, Montgomery, Talladega, and Selma; Arkansas cities: Gillett, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Pine Bluff; and Florida cities: Bradenton, Clearwater and Cocoa. Occurrences mentioned are church bombings, picketing against wage discrimination, sit-ins, demonstrations, committee meetings and successes.

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4 November 1954

Gillespie, G.T. (Guy Tillman), 1924-2017

Pamphlet

Title: A Christian View on Segregation; Reprint of an Address By Rev. G. T. Gillespie, D. D.

One pamphlet of a printed address by Reverend G. T. Gillespie in 1954. The Synod of Mississippi of the Presbyterian Church published a statement that is in favor of segregation. The document details that segregation promotes progress, is natural, and not based on racial prejudice.

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3 June 1964

United States. Congress

Printed document

Title: Congressional Record - Senate

One congressional record dated June 3, 1964 which includes an article related to Senator Hubert Humphrey's work with the United Nations and a larger background sketch on the National States Rights Party, an anti-semitic, white supremacist group.

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9 February 1950

United Negro College Fund

Pamphlet

Title: a part of the American harvest

This fundraising pamphlet for the United Negro College Fund is for ten percent of the educational budget of 1950. The projected budge to raise was $1.4 million. The inside of the brochure summarizes the number and types of professions financed by contributions to the United Negro College Fund. This includes teachers, doctors, dentists, nurses, religious leaders, agricultural workers, skilled technicians, social workers and artists. The packet states that these graduates are contributing to the community and progress of the nation.Also that the measurement of the colleges is "a major…

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1963

Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government

Pamphlet

Title: Civil Rights and Legal Wrongs

One pamphlet printed in 1963 by the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government arguing against the passage of President John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Act (S. 1731). The document outlines negative aspects of sections in the bill; voting rights, public accommodations, desegregation of public education, Community Relations Service, overseeing the Commission on Civil Rights, denial of financial assistance based on proof of race discrimination, authoriziation given to the President to organize a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity.

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1963

Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government

Pamphlet

Title: The Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government

One informational pamphlet dated 1963 regarding the history of the commission. Document states the commission's mission statement which is meant to promote and to protect State powers.

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1963

Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government

Pamphlet

Title: The Civil Rights Cases

One pamphlet printed in 1963 opposing John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Act. The item details the history of "Force Acts" as violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and that businesses should not have to abide by what the legislation was requesting: equal rights and services for all despite race, gender or religion. Text includes a summary and analysis of civil rights cases decided in 1883.

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1970-1971

Voter Education Project

Document

Title: The Civil Rights Cases

One essay regarding the services rendered by the Voter Education Project (VEP) written circa 1970 to 1971. The essay gives a historical background behind the inception of the organization as an off-shoot of the Southern Regional Council. Topics discussed in the essay are voter registration, statewide voter education projects, asssistance to elected officials, citizenship education and research pulled from data of the projects.

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