Southern States--Race relations
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Agrarian Reunion Collection
The Agrarian Reunion Collection, 1968, contains audio tapes and transcripts of the proceedings of the Agrarian Reunion at the Southern Literary Festival. Participants included Andrew Lytle, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren.
Racist Envelope Collection
This collection contains two envelopes with racist descriptions. One is a gold envelope printed with the racist text "Alabama WILL NOT SUBMIT TO NEGRO RULE" dating to the 1868 presidential election. The second is a printed image of enslaved people escaping from a slaveowner related to the "Fort Monroe Doctrine".
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