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Petal Paper in Petal, Mississippi

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Newspaper

Petal Paper

Location

Petal, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1961

Page

1

Businessmen needed to take a stand on race and liberty

A column discusses Dr. Eugene Carson Blake calling for risk taking by business leaders, cites R C White Jr of Monroe Louisiana who placed a bold four column ad on December 22, and rebuts a Louisiana LSU faculty censorship incident urging defense of civil liberties amid Senate and House actions and un-American Activities Committee scrutiny.

NBC Carl Bowen Clawrence Jordan Eugene Carson Blake National Council of Churches Blake Diogenes Magnolia Jungle South Dr. Blake R. C. White, Jr Monroe Louisiana Louisiana State University Waldo McNeil Harris House LSU Dr. McNeil College of Arts & Science House un-American Activities Committee McNeir Tom Paine

Book Review of Lillian Smith Prologue Journey

A prologue states Smith sought an image of human beings to feel proud of a spiritual memory journey. Vignettes recount childhood shrines in people and events with characters Carl Little Grandma Cephas Susie Marty and Bill. It argues human qualities begin in brokenness, nourished by loneliness, and growth comes from ordeal.

Lillian Smith Carl Grandma Cephas

Itinerant thoughts on faith and rebellion from youth

The author recalls early precocity and disillusion with life for chase and hypocrisy. He describes religion as a escape taught to children, a shift from religious upbringing to freethinking after reading science, and a lifelong suspicion of authority emerging from youth.

By George He Did I Ruark Secedes From Confederacy

A column voice from the South reflects on desegregation and race, recalling UNC friends and school days while critiquing racial unrest and intolerance. The author jokes about a Southern accent and distance from old loyalties as desegregation proceeds.

George Confederacy

French Cuisine Shouts Neon Sign Sells Good Eats

An orange neon sign proclaims French cuisine drawing a bright display. A woman in pink slacks walks past dragging a drooling toddler, eyes filled with sorrow as Ralph McGill Jr. is credited in the page text.

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