"Letters to the Editor"

Title

Subject

A letter to the editor of the *Florence Herald* by American Legion Post No. 11, Florence, published on April 23, 1964, protesting the proposed Civil Rights Bil as unconstitutional.

Description

A letter to the editor of the *Florence Herald* by Florence American Legion Post No. 11, containing the full text of a resolution passed by the Legion Post on April 9 and published on April 23, 1964, said resolution opposing "the Civil Rights Bill in its every aspect," on the grounds that the "so-called Civil Rights Bill now pending in the Congress of the United States, in many of its provisions, wholly ignores and contravenes the Constitution of the United States, and destroys everything that we have believed, heretofore, to protect us from the complete and absolute power of a Central Government."

The resolution further "expresses its gratitude to Gov. George C. Wallace for the noble effort he is making to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and Democracy bequeathed to us by the founding fathers."

Creator

Florence American Legion Post No. 11.

Source

*Florence Herald*, Thursday, April 23, 1964, p.. 1.

Publisher

Newspapers.com

Date

April 23, 1964

Contributor

Lee Freeman

Rights

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Files

Collection

Civil Rights

Citation

Florence American Legion Post No. 11., “"Letters to the Editor",” Shoals Black History, accessed April 19, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/927.