Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Alert Americans Association broadside "Martin Luther King...At Communist Training School”
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS964f
Scope and Contents
Alert Americans Association published this broadside, "Martin Luther King...At Communist Training School,” on page four of The Augusta Courier. The boradside depicts a photo of a group of men in a class at the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee. Myles Horton founded the school in 1932; it was a center for adult education on labor rights and African American citizenship. As an integrated space, the school hosted civil rights leadership...
Dates:
1963 July 8
Aubrey Williams transcript of "The Failure of Gradualism"
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS957f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript of Aubrey Williams' speech, "The Failure of Gradualism" that that he presented in Atlanta, Georgia, before the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, a historically Black fraternity. In the speech, Williams calls for a united stand against States' Rights Democratic Party, commonly called Dixiecrat, politicians and white supremacists and argues against a gradualist approach to desegregation.
Dates:
1949
John Wallace Malone letter to Senators Harry F. Byrd and Walter F. George
Collection
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