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Release announcing a telegram that Representative Claude Pepper sent to Civil Rights leaders commending them for calling off protests until the next election was over.
Correspondence from constituents sent to Claude Pepper opposing the Civil Rights Act from reasons ranging from unconstitutionality and increase of Federal power, to perceptions of a majority of the population opposing it.
Civil Rights Act Opposition Correspondence, Federal Power
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Correspondence from constituents sent to Claude Pepper opposing the Civil Rights Act for perceived provisions granting the Federal Government more power.
Report on the results of a survey made on the attitudes of parents of high school seniors graduating in June of 1956 towards desegregation of the University System of Florida. Survey conducted by the state of Florida Board of Control for...
Correspondence urging Claude Pepper to vote against the Civil Rights Act due to writer support for segregation and preference for minimal federal power.
A typescript review of Florida Supreme Court Case State V. Walter Irvin bearing handwritten marginalia and edits to the typescript including testimony and evidence.
Correspondence from constituents sent to Claude Pepper opposing the Civil Rights Act for perceived provisions granting the Federal Government more power.
A collection of documents related to the Fabisinski Committee, a special committee appointed by Governor LeRoy Collins to study issues of race and segregation in Florida.
Civil Rights Act of 1966 Speech Of Hon. Claude Pepper Of Florida In The House Of Representatives Tuesday, August 9, 1966
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Speech delivered by Representative Claude Pepper where he acknowledges the tardiness and success of passing the Civil Rights Act and criticizes violence and riots.
Correspondence from constituents sent to Claude Pepper both supporting and opposing the Civil Rights Act. Opposing correspondence centered around unconstitutionality and increase of Federal power.
A collection of documents related to the Fabisinski Committee, a special committee appointed by Governor LeRoy Collins to study issues of race and segregation in Florida.
Correspondence sent from constituents to Claude Pepper opposing the Civil Rights Act for its provisions on fair housing. Included is a letter to Claude Pepper from the NAACP.
Report of the Special Committee Appointed by the Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida Recommending Legislative Action After Consideration of Recent Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
A report issued by the Fabisinski Committee, a special committee appointed by Govornor LeRoy Collins in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's order to desegregate public schools.
A report by the Florida Legislative Investigaiton Committee (FLIC), also known as the Johns Committee. The committee targeted individuals and organizations they believed to be involved in subversive activities, including communism, civil...
A Report of the Special Committee: Appointed by the Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida to Recommend Legislative Action Relating to Public School Education and Other Internal Affairs of Such State Deemed Expedient After Consideration of Recent Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
A report issued by the Fabisinski Committee, a special committee appointed by Govornor LeRoy Collins in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's order to desegregate public schools.
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