In the message Patterson discusses the Freedom Riders who recently entered Monroe, North Carolina. He criticizes Kennedy's "encouragement of these lawless groups" and asks him to change his position: "Once again, I call on you to take a public...
Flier for a rally to be held in McCalla, Alabama, on August 24, 1963: '"Join in our efforts to unify the white voters / Learn the truth about the communist and socialist and what road they propose to lead us down. Learn what they are doing and what...
Card issued by the Committee for Free Democratic Electors, encouraging voters to choose electors who will defend "Southern tradition" when participating in the 1960 presidential election: "If the Los Angeles Democratic Convention adopts a program...
Flier issued by the Committee for Free Democratic Electors, encouraging voters to choose electors who "will protect to the utmost our Southern Way of Life" when participating in the 1960 presidential election. They oppose the "National 'Loyalist'...
These documents belonged to Wallace's attorney, J. Kirkman Jackson, who defended him when U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought an injunction enjoining Wallace from preventing the enrollment of Vivian Malone and David McGlathery at the...
Following the May 1963 civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, the State of Alabama asked the Supreme Court to prevent the federal government "from deploying troops of the Armed Forces in the State of Alabama to suppress domestic...