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Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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  • Existence: 18870610 - 19661020

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John Wallace Malone letter to Senators Harry F. Byrd and Walter F. George

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Collection number: ahc.MSS963f
Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter that John Wallace Malone wrote to United States senators Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966) of Virginia, and Walter F. George (1878-1957) of Georgia. Both Democratic senators supported racial segregation. In the letter, Malone uses racist rhetoric to argue that "Southern people do not hate Negroes" and that the Federal government should allow states to make decisions regarding race relations. To support his argument, he references instances of supposed racial harmony...
Dates: 1948 March 1
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / John Wallace Malone letter to Senators Harry F. Byrd and Walter F. George

Morningside-Monroe Civic Association records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS712f
Scope and Content This collection contains materials related to the proposed Interstate 485 (I-485) and the civic organizations that were formed to fight it. Included in the collection is a chronology of the fight to stop I-485, correspondence, petitions, flyers, a map, and newspaper clippings. Letters consist of correspondence between the Morningside-Monroe Civic Association, Board of Aldermen President Sam Massell, Jr., former Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield, and Congressmen Richard B. Russell, Harry...
Dates: 1964-1974, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Morningside-Monroe Civic Association records