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The Augusta Courier
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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Roy V. Harris of Augusta, Ga., was re-elected president of the Citizens' Councils of America at their sixth annual meeting in New Orleans on Feb. 25, attended by 125 delegates from 11 Southern states and California. Robert B. Patterson was re-elected secretary. Resolutions pledging resistance to racial integration and praising Louisiana's stance were adopted.
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New Orleans, Feb. 25-Roy V. Harris, Augusta, Ga., Attorney, today was re- elected president of the Citizens' Councils of America. Some 125 delegates from 11 Southern states and California attended the sixth annual meeting of the Citizens' Councils of America, nationwide coordinating body of the segregation movement.
Harris, president of the States' Rights Council of Georgia, was re-elected to head the national organization at the close of a two-day closed meeting here.
Robert B. Patterson of Greenwood, Miss., executive secretary of the Mississippi Citizens' Councils, was re-elected secretary of the Citizens' Councils of America. Delegates exchanged information concerning recent segregation developments in their States, and discussed future strategy.
Two resolutions were adopted unanimously. One pledges "eternal resistance to racial integration," while the other praises the stand taken by Louisiana state officials and the Legislature during the New Orleans school crisis, and urges other Southern States to follow Louisiana's example.
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New Orleans
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Feb. 25
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roy v. harris re-elected president; robert b. patterson re-elected secretary; two resolutions adopted unanimously pledging eternal resistance to racial integration and praising louisiana's stand on new orleans school crisis.
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Roy V. Harris, Augusta, Ga., Attorney and president of the States' Rights Council of Georgia, was re-elected president of the Citizens' Councils of America, nationwide coordinating body of the segregation movement, at the close of a two-day closed sixth annual meeting attended by some 125 delegates from 11 Southern states and California. Delegates exchanged information on recent segregation developments and discussed future strategy.