Letter from Virginia Durr in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robins.

Letter from Virginia Durr in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robins.

In the letter, Durr discusses racial injustice and politics in Alabama, specifically mentioning Richmond Flowers ("of whom we feel very proud") and George Wallace ("he is going to run his wife, Lurleen for Governor so he can be Governor in all but name"). She also criticizes the...

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Letter from Virginia Durr in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robins.
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Durr, Virginia Foster; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; Alabama--Politics and government--1951-; Race relations--Alabama; United States--Politics and government--1945-1989; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
description In the letter, Durr discusses racial injustice and politics in Alabama, specifically mentioning Richmond Flowers ("of whom we feel very proud") and George Wallace ("he is going to run his wife, Lurleen for Governor so he can be Governor in all but name"). She also criticizes the war in Vietnam, which she finds as distressing as "the lack of justice in Alabama": "We have had a lot of visitors this Summer and all of them, foreign and domestic, one and all are shocked and horrified at our pretensions about saving democracy, they think it is a fight to save free enterprise and to show the people of the world that if they try and have a revolution to get rid of free enterprise and have communism, that we will blow them off the map, and teach them that free enterprise is better. This seems to me a strange way of winning people over to democracy or free enterprise either. Like the early Christians, the more they killed the more they grew and I think we are simply sowing the seeds of our own destruction by our behavior, so as you can see I am no longer a Lyndonite."
spelling Q0000116791 - Q0000116792Q116791 - Q116792Letter from Virginia Durr in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robins.In the letter, Durr discusses racial injustice and politics in Alabama, specifically mentioning Richmond Flowers ("of whom we feel very proud") and George Wallace ("he is going to run his wife, Lurleen for Governor so he can be Governor in all but name"). She also criticizes the war in Vietnam, which she finds as distressing as "the lack of justice in Alabama": "We have had a lot of visitors this Summer and all of them, foreign and domestic, one and all are shocked and horrified at our pretensions about saving democracy, they think it is a fight to save free enterprise and to show the people of the world that if they try and have a revolution to get rid of free enterprise and have communism, that we will blow them off the map, and teach them that free enterprise is better. This seems to me a strange way of winning people over to democracy or free enterprise either. Like the early Christians, the more they killed the more they grew and I think we are simply sowing the seeds of our own destruction by our behavior, so as you can see I am no longer a Lyndonite."1965 October 281965-10-281960-1969Durr, Virginia Foster; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; Alabama--Politics and government--1951-; Race relations--Alabama; United States--Politics and government--1945-1989; Vietnam War, 1961-1975TextCorrespondenceDurr, Virginia FosterVirginia Foster Durr papersLPR28, Box 1Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/12695
title Letter from Virginia Durr in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robins.
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