In this letter to his biographer, Frank tells a story about Big Jim Folsom at his hunting lodge in McIntosh, Alabama, and gives the history of the lodge.
Linda Watson, a teenager, asks the governor to "please write me back and say you want the BEATLES to come to Montgomery"; in a postscript she adds that "they (BEATLES) could always stay at my house." In subsequent letters Wallace and Ed Ewing,...
In the letter Strickland discusses the attempted civil rights march from Selma, Alabama, on "Bloody Sunday" (March 7). Based on information he has received, he reports that "the Negroes did not expect to march and did not want to march from Selma...
In the first letter, dated April 5, 1965, Craig writes Governor George Wallace to ask for photographs of the Selma to Montgomery March and for information about the Alabama Legislative Commission to Preserve the Peace. He mentions that he is...
In the letter Katzenbach discusses reports of racial discrimination in state parks and liquor stores in Alabama: "Under Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, I have a responsibility to see that such segregation practices by the State of...
Lingo served as director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety from 1963 to 1965. In the letter he discusses the book Jones is writing about the governor, which blames Lingo for the violence that occurred in Selma on March 7: "You know as well...
In the letter the citizens ask for information about the Alabama Council on Human Relations because a family associated with that organization has recently moved into the neighborhood: "If it has subversive or criminal connections, we want to know....
This article from the Birmingham News discusses the role of African American voters in Alabama's upcoming gubernatorial election. It examines the factors that will influence the "power of the Negro vote" in the three-way contest, including voter...
In the letter Levy expresses his support for the governor and her husband amid the racial tension in the state: "The North resents negro rioting, and the negro declaration of war against the whites...The North needs a strong man to safeguard white...
In the letter Lambert asks the governor to support state education by hiring more teachers; allowing local school boards and educators to control their systems; and cooperating "fully with the Federal Government to the mutual advantage of our State...
This letter was written after a fashion designer criticized Governor Lurleen Wallace's clothing and style. In it Boykin commends her modest apparel and praises her and her husband for their work.
In the message Rusk discusses the draft of Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (also known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT) recently agreed on by the United States and the Soviet Union and outlines future discussions. (The...
In the letter Hawkins describes the Commission's current activities and promises "our complete cooperation and access to our investigative files." He wants to meet with the governor soon for a briefing.
In the letter Altman refers to an article in the Tuscaloosa News, which described some sort of demonstration at the University of Alabama; though she does not give details about the incident, she accuses the school's faculty and president of...
Article from The Dothan Eagle, which quotes several newspaper columns to "substantiate what Governor George Wallace has been saying all along--that outside money, pressures and influences are being used within Alabama to defeat him, that the...
Article from the Alabama Journal, reporting on the recent gathering of the Alabama Democratic Conference (an African American political organization). The group met to decide which candidates to endorse in the upcoming election. The article quotes...