Our Gem Eastland Praised As Real Cool Cat In Mississippi
A Mississippi satire extols United States Senator James Oliver Eastland as "Our Gem" a real gone cool cat. It lauds his stance against outsiders and his defense of Southern rights amid national racial tensions while mocking opponents and urging readers to back his leadership.
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Mississippi
Magnolia
James Oliver Eastland
United States
Senate
United States Senate
Jackson
Solbway
Patterson
Devers
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
New York
Communist Party
John Calhoun
Jeff Davis
Bilbo
New York Times
Episcopal
Washington
Doddsville
Gulf Coast
Supreme Court
Senatobia
Miss
Columbia, S.C
A New Organization In Business The Bigger And Better Bigots Bureau
In a June 7 1956 issue a note from Hattiesburg Mississippi reports on rumored plans for The Bigger and Better Bigots Bureau and cites violent incidents in the city. It describes a May April confrontation near Owl Drug Store on Main Street with white youths attacking Black youths, police involvement, and lack of identification hindering charges.
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Bigots
Guardian Angels
Klan and
Council
Hattiesburg
Bigger
Bigots Bureau
New York
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Mississippi
Mose Pee Eyes
Owl Drug Store
Main and
Main Street
F Street
Tava Ectvoeel
Hatter
Bigots Threaten and Attack Black Residents in Local Incidents
A series of bias motivated assaults and harassment against Black residents are described, including egg throwing at an elder woman, a shouted insult from a car, and a violent beating of a 17 year old. The piece warns of stronger aggression if white supremacists organize and mocks their supposed superiority while urging vigilance and legal recourse.
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Bigots Bureau
Europe
Said A Wise Man We Are Not Our Brother's Keeper
A 1956 editorial reaffirms that social and racial issues matter beyond profit. The piece cites the Cain and Abel tale, argues against the question of being one’s brother’s keeper, and asserts that brotherhood surpasses monetary concerns. The stance favors humane duties over earnings.
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Christ
Cain
Abel
Mr. Cain
Mr. Abel
Heaven Gates and Negroes in Mississippi Heaven
A columnist imagines St Peter at Heaven’s gate testing souls by Mississippi standards. The piece questions a racially divided Heaven with whites privileged by Jim Crow laws, asks about a separate realm for Black souls, and ends noting local resistance to desegregation.
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Mississippi
St. Peter
Mrs
Peter
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Tere
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Éyaty
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United States Supreme Court
Earth
Mr. St. Peter
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