U.S. Senator James O. Eastland Speech at Citizens' Council Meeting in Belzoni, Mississippi

Creator

James O. Eastland

Other Form of Name

Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986

Identifier

eastland_audioreel_1

Creation Date

9-25-1957

Document Type

Open Access Recording

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Description

U.S. Senator James O. Eastland speech at a Citizens' Council rally in Belzoni, Mississippi. Topics covered include school integration; use of military troops in Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce school integration; U.S. Supreme Court; Internal Security Subcommittee; communism; U.S. Constitution; race; states rights; Citizens Council; Civil Rights bill; Civil Rights Commission; voting rights; and federal judiciary.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

School integration; School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock; United States. Supreme Court; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws; Communism; United States -- Constitution; Citizens' Councils of America; Civil rights; United States Commission on Civil Rights; Suffrage;

Relational Format

audio recording

Extent

34m45s

Original Format

audioreel

Original Collection

James O. Eastland Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00117/

Rights

This media file is for personal and research use only. This file may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. For publication and professional uses, please contact the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi Libraries.

Comments

container label 1: "From: Turner's Drug Store, Inc.' Irby Turner, Belzoni, MS; To: Senator Jas. O. Eastland, Ruleville, Miss." container label 2: "Date: 9/25/1957, Speed: 7 1/2 IPS, Title: Sen Eastland, Belzoni - 9/25/57, Citizen Council, 34 minutes"