Letter.; Sillers asserts his confidence in Byrd's leadership. He expresses concern over the outcome of the Democratic National Convention. Sillers feels certain that the protests of the southern delegates will be largely ignored at the convention...
Letter.; In this letter, Sillers summarizes the main points of Senator Eastland's keynote speech at the 1948 Mississippi Democratic Convention, in which he asserts that the white people in the North will be more swayed by the accusation that the...
From the George A. Owens Papers. Dr. Beittel replies to earlier letters from Mrs. Ezelle on the subject of race relations and the civil rights movement. He challenges her statements about Africans Americans as an "immature race" and asserts...