- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Letter on Segregation, 1
- 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 not to sign the Southern Manifesto and the balance of state and federal powers. Gore explains that though his position has subjected him to much criticism, he stands by his initial beliefs. 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%3A8454
- 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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