Report issued by the Macon County Committee of the Alabama Legislature.

Report issued by the Macon County Committee of the Alabama Legislature.

The Macon County Committee was created to study the possibility of abolishing the county or redrawing its boundary. The report discusses the public hearings held during the Committee's investigation and specifically describes the presentation of C. G. Gomillion of the Tuskegee Civic Association...

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Report issued by the Macon County Committee of the Alabama Legislature.
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Gomillion, Charles G. (Charles Goode), 1900-1995; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; Alabama--Politics and government--1951-; Alabama--Race relations; Macon County (Ala.)
description The Macon County Committee was created to study the possibility of abolishing the county or redrawing its boundary. The report discusses the public hearings held during the Committee's investigation and specifically describes the presentation of C. G. Gomillion of the Tuskegee Civic Association (though his name is not mentioned). The report makes no final judgment about the fate of the county but rather calls for the creation of a permanent legislative committee to examine "conditions in Macon County and the contiguous counties particularly and the state as a whole generally with the view of keeping current information on the problems of segregation." Because of the new Federal Civil Rights Commission, the Committee emphasizes the importance of handling such issues locally: "The interest of all citizens of Alabama, white and colored, will best be served by Alabama authorities and not by authorities who have no understanding of our problems, which problems are not of our own making but are problems brought about largely by outsiders who are not interested in the welfare of the people of Alabama."
spelling Q0000018553 - Q0000018560Q18553 - Q18560Report issued by the Macon County Committee of the Alabama Legislature.The Macon County Committee was created to study the possibility of abolishing the county or redrawing its boundary. The report discusses the public hearings held during the Committee's investigation and specifically describes the presentation of C. G. Gomillion of the Tuskegee Civic Association (though his name is not mentioned). The report makes no final judgment about the fate of the county but rather calls for the creation of a permanent legislative committee to examine "conditions in Macon County and the contiguous counties particularly and the state as a whole generally with the view of keeping current information on the problems of segregation." Because of the new Federal Civil Rights Commission, the Committee emphasizes the importance of handling such issues locally: "The interest of all citizens of Alabama, white and colored, will best be served by Alabama authorities and not by authorities who have no understanding of our problems, which problems are not of our own making but are problems brought about largely by outsiders who are not interested in the welfare of the people of Alabama."1958 October 31958-10-031950-1959Gomillion, Charles G. (Charles Goode), 1900-1995; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; Alabama--Politics and government--1951-; Alabama--Race relations; Macon County (Ala.)TextReportsAlabama. LegislatureMacon County committee recordsSG016071v7498Alabama 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/2924
title Report issued by the Macon County Committee of the Alabama Legislature.
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