- Collection:
- Civil Rights
- Title:
- "Letters to the Editor"
- Creator:
- Florence American Legion Post No. 11.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Freeman, Lee
- Publisher:
- Newspapers.com
- Date of Original:
- 1964-04-23
- Subject:
- Civil rights--Alabama--Florence
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence, 34.79981, -87.67725
- Medium:
- newspaper clippings
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A letter to the editor of the *Florence Herald* by Florence American Legion Post No. 11, containing the full text of a resolution passed by the Legion Post on April 9 and published on April 23, 1964, said resolution opposing "the Civil Rights Bill in its every aspect," on the grounds that the "so-called Civil Rights Bill now pending in the Congress of the United States, in many of its provisions, wholly ignores and contravenes the Constitution of the United States, and destroys everything that we have believed, heretofore, to protect us from the complete and absolute power of a Central Government." The resolution further "expresses its gratitude to Gov. George C. Wallace for the noble effort he is making to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and Democracy bequeathed to us by the founding fathers."
A letter to the editor of the *Florence Herald* by American Legion Post No. 11, Florence, published on April 23, 1964, protesting the proposed Civil Rights Bil as unconstitutional. - Metadata URL:
- https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/927
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Images are available for educational and research purposes. This image may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the express written consent of the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the interested party to identify the copyright holder and receive permission.
- Original Collection:
- *Florence Herald*, Thursday, April 23, 1964, p.. 1.
- Contributing Institution:
- Shoals Black History
- Rights:
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