- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Letter, Erle Johnston, Jr. to Northern newspaper editors; 1969
- Creator:
- Johnston, Erle
- Date of Original:
- 1969-01-01
- Subject:
- Mississippi
Newspaper publishing
Race relations
Race relations and the press
Social History - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Erle Johnston, director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, sent to editors of northern newspapers in 1969. Johnston discusses the current climate in the state as a result of civil rights activities and urges outside parties to visit the state. He expresses concern about a potential boycott of products manufactured in Mississippi, and asks that critics of the state be patient while its citizens are "forced to accept change."
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_d1e25c00-7cd9-4419-8c9f-e92532a67d2a
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M319 Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers
Box 9, Folder 5 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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