Neo-Confederacy in Dallas
Letter sent to Mayor Rawlings with highlights of neo-Confederate culture in Dallas in the 20th century. The supporting documents follow the letter.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy shut down the play Jute.
Below is the enclosure about the UDC shutting down a play because it had an interracial cast. You can log on to the Dallas Public Library website and if you have a library card you can go to the Dallas Morning News site and download as PDFs the articles mentioned in this letter.
Walter White's visit to speak out against lynching.
For the reference regarding Walter E. White being harassed by the Ku Klux Klan and the Sons of Confederate Veterans I have these image captures with references to the Dallas Morning News article from which they come.
"Protest Made Against Negro Speech Plans: Earl E. Hurt Says White People Should Guard Racial Purity," was the headline of an article about Texas Division Sons of Confederate Veterans denouncing the visit of Walter E. White, head of the NAACP, visiting Dallas to speak out against lynching. From "Protest Made Against Negro Speech Plans," Dallas Morning News, April 29, 1938, page 1.
The intensity of the campaign against Walter White speaking that the speaking engagement had to be moved to another building, a YMCA. Headlines of the article, "Police Guard Appearance of Negro Speaker," Dallas Morning News, April 30, 1938, page 6.
Some of the racist comments of Texas Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Commander Earl E. Hurt in the above article were:
"If they want to meet at a Negro joint that's their business and we don't care who attends." "But they can't bring Negroes in here and mix them with our young white girls at our Y.W."
"If they want to meet at a Negro joint that's their business and we don't care who attends." "But they can't bring Negroes in here and mix them with our young white girls at our Y.W."
For Walter E. White's safety he had to fly in at 3 pm and leave at 6 pm. This is from the same article as previous.
Former Confederate Cabinet member John H. Reagan
This is from the article "Men Who Wore Gray," Dallas Morning News, April 29, 1987, pages 1, 2. The extract is from page 1.
In this section of his speech Reagan says that the battles for the restoration of white supremacy after the Civil War was more meritorious than any battle during the Civil War.
Reagan after referring to a "servile race," which he means African Americans, he states:
"With all of this, the highest compliment that could be paid our people seems to me, better than all of the victories of battle, was that under such circumstances we were able to preserve the organization of society, ..."
Which he means re-establish white supremacy.
In this section of his speech Reagan says that the battles for the restoration of white supremacy after the Civil War was more meritorious than any battle during the Civil War.
Reagan after referring to a "servile race," which he means African Americans, he states:
"With all of this, the highest compliment that could be paid our people seems to me, better than all of the victories of battle, was that under such circumstances we were able to preserve the organization of society, ..."
Which he means re-establish white supremacy.
Below is the review of Reagan's speech which was about the above excerpt. It was included with the letter.
In the early 20th century at a Fort Worth meeting of the United Confederate Veteran the speaker proposed sending African Americans back to Africa.
Selections from the John B. Hood Journal 1965 issues.
This was the official publication of the John B. Hood camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. It really is a screaming racist publication. These are just some major items.
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Remember the previous was just a few high lights.