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Authority of the President to use Federal Troops in the State of the Union, February 15, 1816
Copy of Memorandum from Georgia Attorney General Eugene Cook to Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin in 1957 on the subject of the rights of the Federal Government to send troops into a state. This document was prepared after the events at Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. Cook argues that the U.S. Government does not have the right to use troops unless violence has occurred. The Memorandum suggests where Georgia could have gone had men like Griffin remained in power.
Desegregation within Georgia Library Association, 1951-1965
Folder 3: SNCC Meeting and Member Notes, 1960s
Folder 3a: Board of Regents Correspondence - Race Relations, 1935
Folder 4: Stokely Carmichael & SNCC, 1966
Folder 6: Sissy Look Magazine Article, October 24, 1960 (LOOK); October 15, 1960 (Narrative from Sissy)
Folder 7: 36 page Article on Integration 1961, 1961, Aug 13
Article draft: 36 page article covering the issues surrounding the integration of Atlanta schools.
A paper about Sara Mitchell, a member of the Georgia Board of Education.
A letter from Raymond W. Mack, Random House, to Long. February 1, 1967, regarding her contribution to a book, tentatively titled, "Our Children's Burden,"
Folder 7a: Letters 1960s, 1960s
Letters including Freedom Rider arrest:
Personal letters written back and forth between Maggie & Sissy, Bunny, Agnes. Concern arrest, politics and family letters. Most are clearly dated. Some in context, are dated and marked on paper.
Folder 7b: Letters, 1960s (cont.)
Letters including Freedom Rider arrest, lunch counter demonstration;
Personal letters written back and forth between Maggie & Sissy, Bunny, Agnes. Concern arrest, politics and family letters. Most are clearly dated. Some in context, are dated and marked on paper.
Folder 12: Margaret (Sissy) Leonard Arrest Record, 10/10/1973
Arrest Record from Freedom Rider experience:
The folder contains a copy of an arrest record from Florida Correctional Institution. The date received was 10/10/73. Not sure if date detained? There is also a list of items she had with her, visitors allowed, a signature from a witness & herself, and a request to mail items to the St. Petersburg Times.
Folder 12: Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles, 1944-1977
Newspaper clippings by assorted writers. None appear to have been written by Long. Most cover topics related to school integration, Brown v. The Board of Education, Civil Rights, and communism.
A wedding announcement and an article about a bull riding in a pick up truck are also included.
A copy of the newspaper, Southern Struggle, Vol. 35, no. 3, May-June 1977 is also in the folder.
Folder 13: Margaret Bridges Article & Notes, 1958
Article & a notes:
An article by Margaret Bridges "What Can We Do?" about integration.
Notebook and notes on segregation, race relations, and southern living.
Folder 16: Interview with Lillian Smith, Feb. 1965
Magazine Article (The Progressive)written by Long; "Lillian Smith: A Match for Old Screamer." With a note from Marge Manderson, stating that the article was the only one she could find.
Folder 21: Charleston SC Hospital Strike, May (29) 1969
Articles and notes on the on Charleston SC Hospital strikethat took place in May 1969.
Includes: observation, event description, and a program from first night's rally.
Folder 22: Grouped drafts & articles labeled #2 1968-1959 (op-ed pieces), Early 1960's
Newspaper drafts & articles covering subhects such as:
Segregation, freedom fighters, love, suffering, schools, religion, education, Animal Crusaders, integration, November Freedom, University of Georgia, J.E. Hoover, death penalty, Gov. Hartsfield, slave-owning, agitators, death penalty, Klansmen
Folder 23: Op-ed Pieces 1
Drafts of Op-ed pieces that cover topics such as:
Women's Lib, The civil rights movement, her time at an advertising firm, and the neatness of her desk.
Folder 23: The Atlanta Constitution/ The Chattanooga Times/ Tallahassee Democrat, 1989
Newspaper clippings:
Section from the Tallahassee Democrat, Feb. 19, 1989 featuring a reprint of a 1965 article by Margaret Long about the Civil Rights movement and Negro Spirituals. The paper was published shortly after Long's death.
Article from the Atlanta Journal, January 30, 1989, written by Celestine Sibley eulogizing Long.
Obituary for Mary Macdonald Reynolds from the Chattanooga Times, December 28, 1989.
Folder 26: New South, June 1963
Photocopied articles from the June, 1963 issue of New South
"Strictly Subjective" by Margaret Long and
"Albany, Failure or First Step?" by Wyatt Tee Walker.
"Strictly Subjective" is about African American suffering and misplaced anger.
Mr. Walker's article is on the Albany uprising in GA and its suppression by White politicians and police.
Folder 29: Lasker Civil Liberties Award, 1961-02-22
Item 10: MLK Funeral Program, 1968-04-09
A funeral program distributed at the memorial service held for Dr. King at Morehouse College on April 9, 1968.
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