Letter to Gov. Homer Adkins Regarding Voting Rights for African-Americans

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Collection:: Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
Title:: Letter to Gov. Homer Adkins Regarding Voting Rights for African-Americans
Creator:: C.E. Webb
Publisher:: Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
Date of Original:: 1944-05-31
Subject:: African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas
People:: Barton, T.H.
Location:: United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
Medium:: letters (correspondence)
Type:: Text
Format:: application/pdf
Description:: A letter from C.E. Webb of Pine Bluff encouraging Gov. Homer Adkins to call a special session so the Arkansas Legislature can enact laws to deny voting rights to African-Americans.
Voting Rights -- Blacks -- African-Americans -- Politics and Government -- Pine Bluff -- Jefferson
PAUL CAPERTON, PRESIDENT R.L. MILLER, VICE PRESIDENT C.E. WEBB, RECORDING SECRETARY C.E. CUTHBERTSON, FINANCIAL SECRETARY HARRY TERRY, TREASURER COTTON BELT GOOD WILL CLUB Wheter it's a carton or a carload- ship it via COTTON BELT Sponsored by 14 Labor Organizations-- Promoting Fellowship, Charity, Safety and More Traffic for the Cottton Belt 718 West 5th St PINE BLUFF, ARK. May 31, 1944 Personal Governor Homer Adkins State of Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas. Dear Sir: I read in today's evening paper where Col. T. H. Barton of El Dorado has asked you to call a special session of the Legislature to enact suitable or necessary legislation to prevent the negroes from voting in Arkansas this year, or in the future years. I wish to say, if I may, that I agree with Col. Barton and if you are for afraid of the political angle, we hope that you will take prompt action to see that something is done to preserve the supremacy of the white race in Arkansas. If a special session of the legislature can do the job, then let's have it. If there is nothing else that can keep the negroes in their place, then let's all get out our shot guns and go at it in a final and decisive manner. Many of us are sorry that the Democrats do not have some other man to run for President, otheth than Mr. Roosevelt on account of his love for the negroe race, and the acts of his wife in behalf of the negroes. There are hundreds of men in this nation just as capable of being president as he is, but they do not have the political machine that he has. Will you please write me and say definitely how you stand on the negro voting question? Inasmuch as you want us to vote for you for the United States Senate, we feel we are entitled to know how you stand on this vital issue. We do not think you should be evasive in your reply, but this is a question that should be met in plain english and in action that will let all know what race you stand for. Yours very truly, [C.E. Webb, signature] cc- Col. T.H. Barton El Dorado, Arkansas.
Metadata URL:: http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/1385
IIIF manifest:: https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/iiif/2/Civilrights:1385/manifest.json
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