Returning to the fold Mississippi style in a Methodist revival
A Mississippi writer recounts leaving and seeking repentance back to the Methodist Church. He cites five sheets titled DID YOU KNOW? listing alleged Methodist and Civil Rights figures and practices. The piece satirically questions modern church views and promotes Mabry Methodist positions.
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Mississippi
God
Satan
Plato
Burke
Locke
Voltaire
Paine
Jesus
Methodist Church
Malcolm H. Mabry
Dublin
Miss
E. Stanley Jones
Martin Luther King
Jesus Christ
Mabry
Brother Mabry
The Passing
A book review describes a white man named Griffin who darkens his skin to pass as a colored person. He faces prejudice on a bus and in public, and the narrative explores how others perceive him and how he endures mistreatment while concealed as a Negro.
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Mr. Griffin
John
Letters Reflecting on Racism and Self Justification
A former Mississippi resident writes from Binghamton urging readers to examine racist reasoning he once used. He recalls childhood biases against African Americans, sharing cookies with white friends while denying a poor black girl, and harsh views during service in Cuba. He suggests culture shapes morality and questions how he would have accepted slavery or brutality without Yankee influence.
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P.D
Mississippi
Spain
Cuba
Is The Birch Society Anti Communist In Fact
A comparison of Communist Party and John Birch Society programs shows sharp contrasts on NATO, the UN, aid, defense budgets, civil rights, and political groups. The piece argues the Birch Society opposes communism in some areas while mirroring hostile tactics, concluding the society is not Communist but a possible public construct by satire and reflection.
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John Birch Society
Communist Party
NATO
Europe
U. S
Ussr
United Nations
JBS
United States
America
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Robert Welch
J. Edgar Hoover
Machiavellann
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Congress of Racial Equality
Wood Junior College
Mabry Methodist
The
East Side
P. D
John Howard Griffin
Houghton Mifflin Co
Boston
Binghamton, N.Y
Birch Society
Harry Fleischman
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