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George, Walter F. (Walter Franklin), 1878-1957

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John Wallace Malone letter to Senators Harry F. Byrd and Walter F. George

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Collection number: ahc.MSS963f
Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter that John Wallace Malone wrote to United States senators Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966) of Virginia, and Walter F. George (1878-1957) of Georgia. Both Democratic senators supported racial segregation. In the letter, Malone uses racist rhetoric to argue that "Southern people do not hate Negroes" and that the Federal government should allow states to make decisions regarding race relations. To support his argument, he references instances of supposed racial harmony...
Dates: 1948 March 1