Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Even in Mississippi, which by every statistic and standard will be the last state in the Union to give way to integration, there were some hopeful signs. Items...
...Lieut. Governor Carroll Gartin, addressing the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, counseled that "we must adjust to change or be destroyed by change." Said Gartin: "Businessmen, industrialists and civic leaders must speak up and speak out in a positive manner. We must not let the irresponsible become the voice of Mississippi, because in that silence we do our people the gravest injustice...
...Mississippi Bankers Association President Nat Rogers told the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce: "We must recognize that we have a problem and come to grips with it. We must obey the law, keep in step with the times, and blend our enthusiasm with realism and honesty...
...Weltner is a promising young liberal. He vigorously supported the Civil Rights Bill, remained neutral on on the Mississippi Freedom Party issue at the convention, and was re-elected last yar by a constituency that has recently become 50 per cent Negro. Mr. Willis is an aged conservative. Less colorful and outspoken than former HUAC Chairman Francis Walter, Willis has nevertheless followed Walter's guidelines faithfully. Though he has never said so, Willis no doubt agrees with Walter's position that HUAC has jurisdiction only over Communist and left-wing political activities, an opinion that has for years drawn fire...
After the MFDP has had its 40 days, the congressmen from Mississippi have the same right to 40 additional days...