This article describes the Civil War centennial celebration in Montgomery, Alabama, with an emphasis on the reenactment of the inauguration of Jefferson Davis. Several images of the event are included. From The Clarion-Ledger of Jacksonville,...
In this letter President Eisenhower's personal secretary thanks Boykin for the pecans he sent and jokes with him about a recent lack of correspondence.
In this letter Boykin congratulates Bedsole on the success of an event held at the Mobile Infirmary the day before, probably the dedication of the new nurses' home there.
In this letter Boykin congratulates Mrs. Gaillard on the success of an event held at the Mobile Infirmary the day before, probably the dedication of the new nurses' home there.
In this letter Boykin congratulates Ms. White-Spunner on the success of an event held at the Mobile Infirmary the day before, probably the dedication of the new nurses' home there.
In this letter Boykin congratulates Mrs. St. John Wilson on the success of an event held at the Mobile Infirmary the day before, probably the dedication of the new nurses' home there.
This letter thanks Mrs. Boykin for the rabbit's foot she gave Mrs. Johnson during the 1960 presidential election. At the bottom of the page are notes from Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy, which thank the Boykins for their work during the...
In this letter to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Boykin discusses Twining's upcoming retirement and praises his accomplishments and character.
During the meeting the Board discussed the federal court hearing that would be held later in the day, during which several of the expelled Alabama State College students would appeal to be readmitted for the fall term. Governor Patterson and...
The Board had requested this report at its meeting on June 14, 1960. In it Trenholm discusses recent civil rights demonstrations led by students and faculty at the college, and he assures the Board that the situation is improving: "While there have...
During the meeting Dr. H. Councill Trenholm presented the report that had been requested by the Board on June 14. Afterward the governor and the superintendent of education thanked him for the "progress he had made in organizing the college so that...
In the letter Stewart announces the next meeting of the Board and gives a brief agenda. Among the items listed is a report from Dr. H. Councill Trenholm, president of Alabama State College.
During the meeting the Board examined a report prepared by the Department of Public Safety on Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick, a professor at Alabama State College who had led students in a civil rights demonstration in March. Governor Patterson...
Copy of an advertisement published in The New York Times by the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South. The ad describes nonviolent civil rights demonstrations across the South, specifically mentioning a...
During the meeting the Board discussed recent activity at Alabama State College, where students had been involved in civil rights demonstrations; the police commissioner of Montgomery had recommended that the entire school be shut down. Governor...
In the message the anonymous writer advocates the murder of African Americans to "teach them that they...have no rights whatever." The writer praises South African authorities, who "turn the machine guns" on black citizens "and mow them down by the...
During the meeting the Board discussed a recent demonstration at the segregated Court House Restaurant in downtown Montgomery, which was led by students from Alabama State College. Dr. H. Councill Trenholm, president of the school, appeared before...
In the first letter, written March 10, 1960, Evans disagrees with Sullivan's suggestion to close Alabama State College, arguing that the students who recently protested there "are only asking for the rights given them in the constitution of these...