Southern Way of Life and State Funds Sparks Debate
A Mississippi writer laments desegregation and praises a State Sovereignty Commission grant to citizens councils. He recalls opposition, notes a June $20,000 allocation, and quotes officials praising funds to counter national media narratives. A Biloxi minister criticized the move as the piece ends.
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Mississippi Brain Department
Senate
State Sovereignty Commission
South
Citizens Councils
Essense
Albert Jones
Commission
Jones
Citizens Council Forum
Citizens Councils of America, Inc
Biloxi
Christian Church
Rich
Book Review on Entertaining High Art in Unlikely Places
A republication from 1924 argues that high order entertainment exists beyond traditional art venues. It praises slapstick comedy with Mack Sennett and Chaplin, lauds Mabel Normand’s return, and notes vivid musical pieces like Alexander’s Ragtime Band and I Love a Piano as emotionally resonant, surpassing others in the field.
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Mack Sennet
Charlie Chaplin
Cecil de Mille
Mabel Normand
Hoyden
al Jolson
John Barrymore
Fanny Brice
Ethel
Alexander
The Forest And The Sea Reflections On Nature’s Economy
A reader quotes Marston Bates on nature and human reason, reflecting on the interdependence of life in forests seas jungles and deserts. The excerpt notes Bates’s firsthand observations and his view of nature as a vast economy linking all living things.
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P. D
Marston Bate
Preacher Will Gives Em Hell A Man Had Two Sons
Sermon by Rev. Will D. Campbell at Vanderbilt condemns segregation and calls the church to redeem rather than exclude. He argues Christian race views center on grace and reconciliation, not merely law or order, urging an integrated church and society.
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Preacher Will
Will D. Campbell
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Hell
Church
White Council
Klan
Fellowship of Christ
Community of the Redeemed
South
T. A. Kantonen
God
Supreme Court
Christ
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East Side
Gilbert Seldes
Segamore Press
New York
Rev
Irvin Ashkenazy
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