- Collection:
- Civil Rights
- Title:
- "Constitution or Control?"
- Creator:
- Florence Herald
- Contributor to Resource:
- Freeman, Lee
- Publisher:
- Newspapers.com
- Date of Original:
- 1964-04
- 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:
- An April 16, 1964 *Florence Herald* editorial noting that "Alabama's able senators Lister Hill and John Sparkman, and scores of other forthright Americans" were fighting the upcoming Civil Rights Bill and arguing that the Civil Rights Bill was unconstitutional because "the elements of this bill that place enforcement and grave decisions in the hands of the attorney general . . . will break down the Constitution and prevent the United States from ever returning to its three-branch government as set up by the founding fathers." According to the *Herald*, no citizen should be deprived of the right to vote "because of color, race or creed. But the civil rights bill says nothing about people deprived of voting because of color or sex but would set up federal machinery for controlling state voting and registration laws."
The 1964 Civil Rights Bill - Metadata URL:
- https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/928
- 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 16, 1964, p. 2.
- Contributing Institution:
- Shoals Black History
- Rights:
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