In the message Adams praises the governor's "manly decision" to dismiss Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick from Alabama State College: "We feel as you do that he was guilty of Communist activities."
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.
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...
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...
In the first letter Wright discusses integration efforts at Auburn University, pointing to liberal faculty members as culprits: "You are aware of the fact Southern institutions such as Auburn, in their frantic desire to have all employees with...
This article discusses the opening of the New Alabama Experimental College in Tuscaloosa. The school "gives no tests, no lectures and no credit" but rather "exists to offer the student the chance to explore issues, questions and topics which he...