Letter.; This copy of a letter from Walter Sillers Jr. is on white ""Sillers and Roberts"" letterhead. Sillers argues that the election of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention at the State Democratic Convention in Jackson,...
Letter.; Sillers congratulates Sullens on a speech he made to a Chamber of Commerce audience. In the speech, Sullens warned of the necessity of selecting the right sort of men and women for positions of leadership. Sillers concurs and emphasizes...
Letter.; This copy of a letter from Walter Sillers Jr. is on white ""Sillers and Roberts"" letterhead. In the letter, Sillers writes that our country is at war with the spread of Communism. He believes there is a conspiracy within the government...
Letter.; Sillers compliments Toler on an article that he recently had published and suggests a few additions to it. He strongly points out that the southern Democrats have tried for many years to change things within the national party as most...
Letter.; Sillers expresses disappointment with both the Republican and Democratic platforms for the 1956 presidential election, since neither addresses the problems he sees with the Supreme Court decisions on integration overriding the authority of...
Letter.; Sillers writes of his fear for the political turn he feels the United States has taken. He believes that few people can tell the difference between our republican form of government and ""true democracy"" He is worried that young people...
Letter.; Sillers points out that Mississippians do not need the criticism of Texans regarding their elected officials, just as Texans do not need Mississippians to criticize their choice of elected officials. He also notes that he does not expect...
Letter.; Sillers writes how he thinks African American labor can be used most efficiently to support the war effort. He is concerned about a labor shortage on farms due to army recruitment. He mentions the shift the Delta is undergoing with...
Letter.; Sillers writes to Arkansas Governor Ben Laney on the importance of Laney's re-election campaign, and that of Gov. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, to the cause of states' rights. The letter is written on Sillers & Roberts letterhead.
Letter.; Sillers praises Thurmond's stand on states' rights as a counterweight to the influence of the NAACP and labor unions, and criticizes recent actions by Arkansas Senator Fulbright with regard to military commanders' informing their troops...
Letter.; Sillers recounts events that took place at the Mississippi State Democratic Convention to Judge Wilkinson, and he promises to send him copies of the resolutions that were adopted. Sillers speculates on what will happen at the Democratic...
Letter.; Sillers supports Stennis's position on a bill that would abolish literacy testing as part of the voter registration process. He deplores the policies of John F. and Robert Kennedy and their effect on the South, and states that people who...
Letter.; In this copy of a letter on white ""Sillers and Roberts"" letterhead, Sillers regrets that he cannot attend the States' Rights dinner in Dothan, Alabama, to which he was invited. He discusses the possibility of a name change from the...
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from Robert L. Carter to A.J. Noel on letterhead of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, dated March 27, 1950. Carter writes that papers for an appeal (in the Bates lawsuit to...
From the Schutt (Jane M.) Papers Typewritten letter on letterhead of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, dated September 23, 1963, from John A. Hannah to Mrs. Wallis I. Schutt. Hannah, chair of the Commission, acknowledges receipt of...
From the Schutt (Jane M.) Papers Typewritten letter on the letterhead of the United States Commission on Civil Rights to Mrs. Wallis I. Schutt, dated September 16, 1963. The writer acknowledges receipt of Mrs. Schutt's letter of resignation...
From the Schutt (Jane M.) Papers Typewritten letter on the letterhead of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from Courtney Siceloff to Mrs. Wallis I. Schutt, dated September 19, 1963. (Description incomplete due to quality of the...
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from Robert L. Carter to A.A. Alexander on letterhead of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, dated April 5, 1951. Carter summarizes discussions of the National Legal Committee of...
From the Schutt (Jane M.) Papers Typewritten letter on the letterhead of the Town of Itta Bena dated December 8, 1959, from W.S. Curry, Sr., mayor of Itta Bena, Mississippi. Curry writes to criticize Mrs. Schutt's decision to accept a position...
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from Robert L. Carter to W.A. Bender on letterhead of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, dated October 21, 1949. Carter writes of his travel plans to Jackson, Mississippi, October...
