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Letter to Editor
October 21, 1952
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
A letter to the editor critiques the Truman administration's civil rights rhetoric as a cynical political maneuver against Southern Democrats, predicting no substantive action and advising Southern Black voters to support Republicans due to exclusion from the Democratic Party. Signed T. W. Blount from Waynesboro, Georgia.
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Truman Administration And Civil Rights
To The Editor:
In the last few elections, congressional, senatorial and presidential, we have heard quite a bit about Civil Rights, and the writer is quite sure you will realize that this Civil Rights talk was brought into the campaign after a careful survey of the political strength of the white Democratic south because they, the Bosses, of the Democratic party knew the white Democratic south would raise a big dust which would not amount to anything disastrous or rebellious when the dust was all cleared away.
The Truman, Utopian idea of Civil Rights faded when he had substantial majorities in both Houses. So it is unreasonable to suppose or expect any kind of Civil Rights under a Truman-made president.
The plank in the Democratic platform about which you have heard so much of late, is only a political gesture without which the platform would be incomplete, "yet a Democratic president will never walk on it."
Now then, I venture to tell you, if the southern Negro isn't a Republican he is nothing, due to the fact that he has no material origin, not sought, never have been wanted and is not admitted in the Democratic party. He has no connection or representation with local or state organization.
T. W. BLOUNT
Waynesboro, Georgia.
To The Editor:
In the last few elections, congressional, senatorial and presidential, we have heard quite a bit about Civil Rights, and the writer is quite sure you will realize that this Civil Rights talk was brought into the campaign after a careful survey of the political strength of the white Democratic south because they, the Bosses, of the Democratic party knew the white Democratic south would raise a big dust which would not amount to anything disastrous or rebellious when the dust was all cleared away.
The Truman, Utopian idea of Civil Rights faded when he had substantial majorities in both Houses. So it is unreasonable to suppose or expect any kind of Civil Rights under a Truman-made president.
The plank in the Democratic platform about which you have heard so much of late, is only a political gesture without which the platform would be incomplete, "yet a Democratic president will never walk on it."
Now then, I venture to tell you, if the southern Negro isn't a Republican he is nothing, due to the fact that he has no material origin, not sought, never have been wanted and is not admitted in the Democratic party. He has no connection or representation with local or state organization.
T. W. BLOUNT
Waynesboro, Georgia.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Persuasive
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Constitutional Rights
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
Civil Rights
Truman Administration
Democratic Party
Southern Democrats
Republican Alignment
Political Gesture
Racial Exclusion
What entities or persons were involved?
T. W. Blount
To The Editor
Letter to Editor Details
Author
T. W. Blount
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To The Editor
Main Argument
the truman administration's promotion of civil rights is a mere political gesture to appease the white democratic south without real intent to act, especially given majorities in congress; southern negroes, excluded from the democratic party, should identify as republicans.
Notable Details
Civil Rights Talk Introduced After Surveying Political Strength Of White Democratic South
Truman's Utopian Idea Faded With Substantial Majorities In Both Houses
Democratic Platform Plank Is A Gesture That A Democratic President Will Never Act On
Southern Negro Has No Material Origin Or Representation In Democratic Party