Senator Douglas Attacks Petal Paper Scotch Irish Bias
The Congressional Record quotes Paul H. Douglas criticizing P. D. East of Petal Paper for promoting segregation of Scotch Irish. The exchange includes satirical letters, insults about dialect, and warnings against race prejudice, urging cessation of the campaign and printing excerpts from the Petal Paper for context.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Political engagement and civil rights in American life
A commencement speech argues education and politics shape open society and civil rights. The speaker compares Jewish and Negro exclusion to legal barriers, urges graduates to vote decisively, form blocs, and demand integration to counter discrimination.
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Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
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Just Ain't Our Kind of People Says East Letter
A letter from P. D. East challenges Senator's remarks from April 25 in the U S Senate. He cites news from Minnowsville Mississippi and Blue Ribbon Mississippi, arguing emotional judgments should be reconsidered. He says he will still vote for the Senator, even if from Illinois, noting a long, hard summer.
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Nathan Bedford Coocoose
United States Senate
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Frank P. Graham
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North Carolina
Dr. Graham
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Blue Ribbon
A Book Review Continues on Religious Conversation
The review notes long coffee house debates among clergy families and the quiet study of religious leaders. It questions naming such discourse a Ghetto and calls for transformation of formality. It also ponders what Marilyn Monroe lacked to be considered wonderful.
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