The South Race Debates and a McCalls Mention
A reader discusses William Peters's McCall's report The Story Nobody Tells You and contrasts it with John Bartlow Martin's streetwise tour. He cites Patty Boyle Harry Ashmore Buford Boone Harry Golden and Lillian Smith as moderates while noting the cost of segregation and the ACLU's growing activism. The writer hints at personal views on segregation, law, and education amid national tensions.
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William Peters
South
McCall's
Peters
John Bartlow Martin
Saturday Evening Post
Citizens Councils
Deep South
Martin
Patty Boyle
Harry Ashmore
Buford Boone
Harry Golden
Lillian Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
McCall's Report Sheds Light on Southern Views on Integration
McCall's magazine argues Southern leaders and white newspapermen, church women, and ministers may push the South toward racial integration within fifty years, surpassing the North as guilt over past treatment is weighed. The report notes momentum from white Southern elites and clergy.
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South
McCall's Magazine
McCall's
Alitarian Rule In A Democracy
Fourth in a series by Rep Karl Wiesenburg discusses how a two party system limits minority power. It argues that control of the Speaker’s group enables suppression of minority voices in the Mississippi legislature, likening it to tyranny within a democracy.
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Karl Wiesenburg
Jackson County
Ity
Federal Congress
Mississippi
Ise
MAGP Sets 10th Annual Science Assembly for Sept
MAGP members will hold their 10th Annual Science Assembly in Jackson on September 17 and 18 with headquarters at the Heidelberg Hotel. Dr John C Longest MAGP president announced the convention schedule and morning talks begin at 9 a m.
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Mississippi Academy of General Practice
Jackson
John C. Longest
MAGP
State College
Heidelberg
Ton
Longest
Eisenhower Press Conference on School Integration
President Eisenhower faced questions on desegregation after five years in office and signaled support for court-ordered integration, warning federal troops could be used to curb violence. He avoided personal stances, stressing defense of the Constitution and a passionless policy. The piece argues the White House response lacks clear conviction and hinges on tactics rather than principle.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mr. Eisenhower
White House
Supreme Court
Gov. Faubus
Henegan
Faubus
Ike
United States
Eisenhower
High Court
Central High School
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American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Jghrr Kasper
East Side
McCall
Spivace
President
Little Rock
Reed
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