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A pro-segregation pamphlet in which the author Stuart Landry draws on the biblical story of the Tower of Babel to criticize integration and explain perceived racial differences. This material was sent to, or collected by Justice Glenn...
Interview with David L. Jordan, August 26, 2017, part 1
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Jordan discusses being present for the Emmett Till trial. He describes what he saw in the courtroom; the funeral director who found Till's body was being interrogated by two lawyers before a white jury. Jordan goes on to discuss the...
A pamphlet in which lawyer R. Carter Pittman criticizes the outcome of Brown V. Board of Education on the grounds that the Supreme Court Ruling subverted the U.S. Constitution. This material was sent to, or collected by Justice Glenn...
A pro-segregation pamphlet in which Representative John Bell Williams responds to and criticizes the outcome of Brown V. Board of Education, what he calls "Black Monday, by drawing on the U.S, Constitution. This material was sent to, or...
An article authored by lawyer R. Carter Pittman that argues against the doctrine of "all men are equal" as a foundational tenet of the United States. This material was sent to, or collected by Justice Glenn Terrell during his time in...
This publication details the origins and aims of the Southern Regional Council as well as specific socioeconomic and racial struggles within each southern state.
A pro-segregation pamphlet published by John G. Sims, Jr. in which the author discusses their view that integration is illegal. This material was sent to, or collected by Justice Glenn Terrell during his time in office, May 15, 1923-...
A consent form for an enslaved family to live in a house
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A consent letter for "Philis, her husband Dick, and six children Daniel, William, Dick, Martin, Seraphine, and Eusebis, enslaved people, to live near the signers.
A pro-segregation pamphlet that romanticizes white paternalism and expresses the author's belief that African Americans are unable to integrate because of racial inferiority. This material was sent to, or collected by Justice Glenn...
Letter to excuse an enslaved person leaving without a permission slip
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Letter to Ms. Putnam explaining how "Peyton" was given a mistaken slip of paper instead of the pass written for them. Both the mistaken paper and the slip were sent to Ms. Putnam to better explain how this mishap could have taken place....
Paper written by Lewis Killian detailing analysis of specific referents of the terms "race" and "ethnicity" in the Supreme Court decisions affirming the constitutional use of the terms and in other government documents. Killian posits...
A consent form for a "free person of color" and her children to live in a house
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A consent letter for "Jane Seville" and her children "Margaret, Janeliet, Harriett, Peter, Elizabeth, and James Chandler, free people of color, to live and have their immediate place of abode near the signers.
Published version of a speech that 5th District Georgia Representative James Curran Davis delivered to the State's Rights Council. In it, Davis criticizes the outcome of Brown V. Board of Education on the grounds that the Supreme Court...
Letter asking permission for an enslaved person to live in a separate residence
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A petition soliciting permission for "Caroline" and "Florida, enslaved people, to occupy a separate residence adjoining enslaver A. H. Cole's residence. The petition was passed.
A copy of an address given by United States Senator James O. Eastland in which he submits resolution S. Res. 104 calling for segregation to be upheld through the U.S. Constitution. This material was sent to, or collected by Justice Glenn...
Sermon given by Lewis Killian on his experience as a white Southerner speaking in support of the action of "our Special General Convention". This Convention proposed to give $200, 000 to the United Conference of Black Churchmen with the...
Permission for an enslaved person to occupy a space as a mason with wife and children
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Petition for "Gory, an enslaved person, to occupy a premises as a mason with wife and children on St. Carlos street between the Barrocks streets and the street north of the same name.
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