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Letter to Editor
May 4, 1959
The Augusta Courier
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Beatrice Howard of Moncks Corner, SC, writes a letter questioning the civil rights movement, arguing it causes division and hostility, is influenced by communism, and stems from political vote-buying rather than sincere principles. She urges Southerners at a Washington meeting on April 14 to challenge its advocates.
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Asking Questions
To The News and Courier:
Charleston, South Carolina
To Southerners attending the civil rights' meeting in Washington April 14:
If you get a chance to speak before that South-hating group, here's some questions you should ask them:
What is "civil" and what is "right" about civil rights when they have caused incivility, hostility, rancor, antagonism, bitterness, enmity, race warfare, chaos, rioting, confusion, oppression, and turned this nation into a divided, violence-ridden place?
If their interest in civil rights springs from a "sincere belief in principles," as the mixers say, then why don't these "sincere beliefs in principles" also extend to white Southerners, Indians and Gypsies?
When did vote-selling, arrogant demands, forcing one's self on others and breaking state laws become civil rights?
And if they are civil rights, why weren't they advocated when the Negro was so small in number his votes didn't count?
If integration is the religious way, then why didn't somebody find it out before the Negro bred so fast that his votes counted? When did fast-breeding become requisite to the enforcing of civil rights?
Why was it that integration didn't become "right, just and necessary" until after presidential candidates started buying Negro votes with promises to force integration on the South?
Is it right for a president to call out troops to enforce a Supreme Court decree, when that decree is really his own campaign promise to Negroes for votes?
How can these so-called civil rights be connected with religion, when the whole bagful of them is the demands made by the atheistic Communist Party, and printed in the Communist newspaper Daily Worker of May 26, 1928?
How can anyone of any color deny that the communists are backing integration when The Communist Daily Worker says, "The Negro race must understand that communism means social and racial equality?"
Gentlemen: It's time to ask questions!
BEATRICE HOWARD
Moncks Corner.
To The News and Courier:
Charleston, South Carolina
To Southerners attending the civil rights' meeting in Washington April 14:
If you get a chance to speak before that South-hating group, here's some questions you should ask them:
What is "civil" and what is "right" about civil rights when they have caused incivility, hostility, rancor, antagonism, bitterness, enmity, race warfare, chaos, rioting, confusion, oppression, and turned this nation into a divided, violence-ridden place?
If their interest in civil rights springs from a "sincere belief in principles," as the mixers say, then why don't these "sincere beliefs in principles" also extend to white Southerners, Indians and Gypsies?
When did vote-selling, arrogant demands, forcing one's self on others and breaking state laws become civil rights?
And if they are civil rights, why weren't they advocated when the Negro was so small in number his votes didn't count?
If integration is the religious way, then why didn't somebody find it out before the Negro bred so fast that his votes counted? When did fast-breeding become requisite to the enforcing of civil rights?
Why was it that integration didn't become "right, just and necessary" until after presidential candidates started buying Negro votes with promises to force integration on the South?
Is it right for a president to call out troops to enforce a Supreme Court decree, when that decree is really his own campaign promise to Negroes for votes?
How can these so-called civil rights be connected with religion, when the whole bagful of them is the demands made by the atheistic Communist Party, and printed in the Communist newspaper Daily Worker of May 26, 1928?
How can anyone of any color deny that the communists are backing integration when The Communist Daily Worker says, "The Negro race must understand that communism means social and racial equality?"
Gentlemen: It's time to ask questions!
BEATRICE HOWARD
Moncks Corner.
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Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
Civil Rights Opposition
Integration Critique
Communist Influence
Vote Buying
Southern Questions
Race Warfare
What entities or persons were involved?
Beatrice Howard
To The News And Courier
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Beatrice Howard
Recipient
To The News And Courier
Main Argument
the civil rights movement is not truly civil or principled but causes division, is driven by communist ideology and political vote-buying, and should be questioned by southerners.
Notable Details
References Communist Daily Worker Of May 26, 1928
Mentions Civil Rights Meeting In Washington April 14
Quotes: 'The Negro Race Must Understand That Communism Means Social And Racial Equality?'