Letter from Virginia Durr in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robins.
In the letter Durr discusses the attack on the Freedom Riders at the Montgomery Greyhound station and the local reaction to the incident: "It was simply shocking to see the indifference and the actual approval of such brutal violence and I am afraid that on the morning of Saturday, May 20th, a...
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In the letter Durr discusses the attack on the Freedom Riders at the Montgomery Greyhound station and the local reaction to the incident: "It was simply shocking to see the indifference and the actual approval of such brutal violence and I am afraid that on the morning of Saturday, May 20th, a lot of my former hope for the Southern people disappeared. They have been conditioned so long that I do not see how they will change unless they are made to. After they are made to, they accept it very well. Yesterday I saw this same bus station where all of the violence took place was integrated and all the signs were down, so the Freedom Riders did win their point. But how to change their minds as well as their actions is the point and I confess I don't know how to do it." |
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Q0000040659Q40659Letter from Virginia Durr in Montgomery, Alabama, to Robins.In the letter Durr discusses the attack on the Freedom Riders at the Montgomery Greyhound station and the local reaction to the incident: "It was simply shocking to see the indifference and the actual approval of such brutal violence and I am afraid that on the morning of Saturday, May 20th, a lot of my former hope for the Southern people disappeared. They have been conditioned so long that I do not see how they will change unless they are made to. After they are made to, they accept it very well. Yesterday I saw this same bus station where all of the violence took place was integrated and all the signs were down, so the Freedom Riders did win their point. But how to change their minds as well as their actions is the point and I confess I don't know how to do it."1961 July 251961-07-251960-1969Durr, Virginia Foster; African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama; Alabama--Race relations; Civil rights movements--Alabama; Freedom Rides, 1961; Montgomery (Ala.); Montgomery County (Ala.)TextCorrespondenceDurr, Virginia FosterVirginia Foster Durr papersLPR28, Box 1v3187Alabama 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/5380 |
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