- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Letter on Segregation, 2
- Date of Original:
- 1945/1970
- Subject:
- Segregation--United States--1950-1960
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
African Americans
Social reform movements
Politics and government
Political manifestos - People:
- Gore, Albert, 1907-1998
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to a citizen concerned about Gore`s decision to refrain from signing the Southern Manifesto. Gore briefly explains his position and thanks the citizen for his letter. The so-called Southern Manifesto was a 1956 document signed by 96 Southern legislators opposed to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision ruling in favor of integrated public schooling. Identifying information has been removed to protest the identities of private citizens.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A8452
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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