Men listening to Governor Lurleen Wallace address a joint session of the legislature in the House chamber at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
The session was held to discuss the federal court order requiring statewide school desegregation. The governor had asked the legislators to give her the power to resist the order, so they met to consider her request. Educators and other witnesses offered testimony for and against the integration ord...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/7230 |