Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections

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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.

Scope and Contents 1.Resolution to end restricted membership policy on 01/15/65 2.Report of Special Membership Policy Committee 1963. Concludes that as no cities in Georgia allowed integrated meetings, no Negro librarians would be invited to join the GLA. (3 copies) 3.Letter from Essae Martha Culver to Miss Sarah Jones on 03/29/51, asking if Negros were permitted to join the GLA 4.Letter from Mrs. J. Henley Crosland to Miss Essae M. Culver on 04/07/51, replying that Negros are not prohibited from joining,...

Other Information Untitled, unsigned essay critisizing white involvement in the Civil Rights movement, especially the NAACP and SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). The essay is written from the perspective of a Black person, (most likely written by Stokely Carmichael).Letter to the Editor (the Gazette): Complaining about Carl T. Rowen's critique of SNCC.A press release from SNCC News Service, concerning Alabama's primary election, May 3rd, (probably 1966). The press...

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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,"

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Newspaper clipping of an article written by Long for the New York Times titled, "A Southern Teenage Speaks his Mind: Disturbed by the militancy of young white Southerners in resisting school integration, a Southern writer and editor interviews an 18-year-old Mississipian."

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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.

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Magazine articles written by Long, possibly from The Progressive:

"All God's Chillun," dated 1963, discussing segregation and the attitudes of Southern Whites. "The Freest Man in Mississippi," no date. An article about Aaron Henry, president of the NAACP and candidate for governor.

Assorted newspaper articles by Long on subjects ranging from human nterest stories to commentary on racial and politiacal issues.

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Newspaper articles on a variety of topics pertaining to school systems including zoning, lunch system and the influence of NAACP.

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Seeking to desgregate Chattanooga's pubic schools. Half paper contains pages 1 - 14.

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Article clippings: Margaret "Sissy" Leonard's articles on local Chattanooga politics and school board. Also articles by Springer Gibson and William K. Warren.

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Chattanooga Times newspaper, August 14, 1971. An article written by Leonard states that the Chatanooga School Board requested an appeal to desegregation.

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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

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Margaret "Sissy" Leonard articles on various subjects St. Petersburg including politics, weather, tourism, drugs and oil.

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Fighting amongst students (white and black). An article by Leonard describes school childeren adapting to desegregated schools.

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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.

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A collection of article drafts that cover a broad range of topics such as the NAACP's attempt to censor literature they deem inappropriate to children, to sexism in the work place

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Look Magazine article by Margaret Long.