02 Jun 1960
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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1960
Page
1
A Memphis Tennessee station refused to air a CBS program on sit ins titled Anatomy of a Demonstration. The station cited propaganda rather than objective reporting and said it would serve no useful purpose. The New York Post reported the station director's remark.
A Mississippi figure questions public funding and access for a 28 mile beach built with federal funds near Biloxi. He argues under separate but equal the Negro population should be taxed for beach access or the maintenance tax should end, and he questions ownership by adjacent property owners despite public investment.
Thoughts on the West Virginia primary discuss how religious prejudice was alleged but true voter influence appeared limited. The piece argues major media overstated bigotry while West Virginia Democrats backed Kennedy, with potential prejudice factors remaining for future contests.
The excerpt recalls Moss Hart describing poverty as a living evil from his teens. He details brief hunger spells to eat in a fancy restaurant and scenes of pretending to belong in hotel lobbies, highlighting snobbish pretensions born of need.
A North Carolina educator argues segregation rests on moral values rather than legalities, urging broad public discussion. The piece notes the effort at North Carolina State College to teach segregation as a moral problem through Contemporary Issues, open forums, and debates to reveal that justice means equal treatment of equals.
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