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Transcript of a public meeting held by the Montgomery County Citizens' Council at Garrett Coliseum.

Foreword and transcript of Montgomery County Citizens' Council meeting, pages 1 through 24.

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Item Title	Transcript of a public meeting held by the Montgomery County Citizens' Council at Garrett Coliseum.
Description	The meeting was led by Don Hallmark and featured the following speakers: Montgomery Mayor Earl James, Dr. Henry Lyon of Highland Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery Citizens' Council Chairman Carl Herbert Lancaster, and Alabama Attorney General McDonald Gallion. According to the foreword, WHHY broadcast the meeting live on the radio and WMGY taped the meeting and played the tape several times on its station because of public demand.The group stated that the purpose of the meeting was to declare that their position was "legally and morally right;" to unveil the council's "permanent program for victory;" and to help the public recognize "the enemy and the enemy's goals." Much of the meeting focused on U. S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the Freedom Riders, who had been attacked by a mob in Montgomery on May 20. Other topics covered in the speeches included the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Martin Luther King, Jr.; Dr. Walter Bergman, a CORE official in Detroit; and Wayne State University, which was represented as being a center for Communist activity in the U. S. Gallion's speech includes a copy of what he claims is a transcript of a May 15 phone call made by Robert Kennedy to George E. Cruit, manager of the Greyhound Bus terminal in Birmingham, Alabama.
Date	1961 June 8
Sort Date	1961-06-08
Time Period	1960-1969
Subject	Gallion, McDonald, b. 1913 Hallmark, Don James, Earl Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 Lancaster, Carl Herbert Lyon, Henry Montgomery County Citizens' Council (Ala.) African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama African Americans--Segregation--Alabama Alabama--Race relations Congress of Racial Equality White supremacy movements--Alabama Montgomery (Ala.) Montgomery County (Ala.)
Original Format	Transcripts Speeches Correspondence
Collection Creator	Montgomery County Citizens' Council (Ala.)
Collection Title	Montgomery County Citizens' Council transcript of meeting
Location	SPR517
Catalog Record	http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA216154410002743
Old Catalog Number	v20593
Repository	Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Language	English
Rights	This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.
Digital Format	600 PPI TIFF
Order Form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/reproduction_order.pdf
Use Agreement Form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/use_agreement_form.pdf
Upload Batch	Malone (text) 2010.05-B

File Name	Q14197 - Q14220
Item Title	Foreword and transcript of Montgomery County Citizens' Council meeting, pages 1 through 24.
Description	The group states that the purpose of this meeting is to declare that their position is "legally and morally right"; to unveil the Council's "permanent program for victory"; and to help the public recognize "the enemy and the enemy's goals." Several recent events are discussed, including the attack on the Freedom Riders in Montgomery on May 20. Speakers are Don Hallmark; Earl James, mayor of Montgomery; Dr. Henry Lyon, minister at Highland Avenue Baptist Church; and Carl Herbert Lancaster, chairman of the Council. In his pitch to potential new members, Lancaster reads the Citizens Council Creed: "Believing in racial segregation and States Rights, as established in the Bill of Rights; having undertaken to help defend by lawful and peaceful means, our people and our land against integration, communism and all other forces which would destroy our God-fearing Nation, and pledging to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and the state of Alabama." Page 6 is missing.
Date	1961 June 8
Time Period	1960-1969
Original Format	Transcripts Speeches
Collection Creator	Montgomery County Citizens' Council (Ala.)
Collection Title	Montgomery County Citizens' Council transcript of meeting
Location	SPR517
Catalog Record	http://216.226.187.53:81/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=20593
Old Catalog Number	v20593
Repository	Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Language	English
Rights	This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.
Digital Format	600 PPI TIFF
Order Form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/reproduction_order.pdf
Use Agreement Form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/use_agreement_form.pdf
Upload Batch	Malone (text) 2010.05-B

Transcript of a public meeting held by the Montgomery County Citizens' Council at Garrett Coliseum.

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