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 Lentz expresses her support for Wallace but questions his "extreme stand on the segregation issue." She asks him to adopt a moderate, peaceful approach during his term: "I am writing to implore you to break your campaign promise,...
Folder contains 29 pages of ex-slave tales compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s and general procedures for writing them.