Letter from W. H. M. in California, to L. B. Sullivan, police commissioner in Montgomery, Alabama.
In the letter W. H. M. criticizes Sullivan's suggestion to close Alabama State College, as well as his efforts against civil rights and integration. The writer reminds him of the successful bus integration and warns that "you and your White Citizens Council might as well set your people up...
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Alabama documents Sullivan, L. B.; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; Alabama--Race relations; Civil rights movements--Alabama |
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In the letter W. H. M. criticizes Sullivan's suggestion to close Alabama State College, as well as his efforts against civil rights and integration. The writer reminds him of the successful bus integration and warns that "you and your White Citizens Council might as well set your people up for what's coming, you are going to take these things whether you like them or not...The negro has seen the light you can't push this younger Generation around like you have been doing in past years they are fighting back...violence wont [sic] get you nothing because some of you might be included." The postmark on the envelope is dated March 13, 1960, from Pomona, California. |
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Q0000025065 - Q0000025067Q25065 - Q25067Letter from W. H. M. in California, to L. B. Sullivan, police commissioner in Montgomery, Alabama.In the letter W. H. M. criticizes Sullivan's suggestion to close Alabama State College, as well as his efforts against civil rights and integration. The writer reminds him of the successful bus integration and warns that "you and your White Citizens Council might as well set your people up for what's coming, you are going to take these things whether you like them or not...The negro has seen the light you can't push this younger Generation around like you have been doing in past years they are fighting back...violence wont [sic] get you nothing because some of you might be included." The postmark on the envelope is dated March 13, 1960, from Pomona, California.1960 March1960-03-001960-1969Sullivan, L. B.; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; Alabama--Race relations; Civil rights movements--AlabamaTextCorrespondenceNachman, M. RolandM. Roland Nachman, Jr., records from New York Times vs. Sullivan and related casesLPR252, Box 1v32895Alabama 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/3444 |
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