"Civil Rights Hit by Senator Hill"
A June 4, 1959 *Florence Herald* article reporting on Alabama Senator Lister Hill's specific areas of opposition to the Eisenhower administration's proposed Civil Rights Bill, especially its proposed provision of financial assistance to Southern schools which Hill believed believed was an...
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| Summary: | A June 4, 1959 *Florence Herald* article reporting on Alabama Senator Lister Hill's specific areas of opposition to the Eisenhower administration's proposed Civil Rights Bill, especially its proposed provision of financial assistance to Southern schools which Hill believed believed was an inducement to integrate, stating "his firm belief that the people of the South would not betray, their heritage, their institutions, their way of life for financial assistance under the proposed bill." |
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