Acts of the legislature relating to segregation Public Schools Separation of Races (1955) – Enforcement of segregation (1956, requires members of the State Patrol and Bureau of Investigation to enforce segregation when requested to by any citizen) [see also which penalized Peace Officers’ Retirement System Amended, 1956, officers who do not enforce segregation by forfeiting all retirement benefits disability payments, and death payments] Education Freedom from compulsory association (proposed constitutional – amendment) (1961) Grants for education (grants to enable students to attend schools of choice), 1961 Acts relating to communism, subversive activities Loyalty Oath required of all state employees (1949) Sedition and subversive activities (1953) National security telegram to president regarding the possible role of – in stirring up by bombing Negro “communist conspirators’ “class antagonisms” churches and parsonages (1957) Acts relating to voting rights, the U.S. constitution and state rights: Voter registration (1949, 1958, and 1964) Interposition resolution (1956), declaring the Supreme Court decisions of 1954 and 1955 re school segregation and of “null, void, no effect” Impeachment of Certain U.S. Supreme Court Justices who are of “guilty attempting to subvert the Constitution of the United (1957) States,” etc. Bills and resolutions that did not pass but that reflect the temper of the times (such as a bill requiring the revocation of municipal charters for cities that failed to enforce segregation) House and Senate Journals The Journals from the mid-1950s forward contain speeches, communications between the governor and the assembly, and other evidence documenting the legislative reaction to changes in society. Original Records Governors correspondence/subject files Lieutenant Governor correspondence Secretary of State correspondence Executive Orders House and Senate Journals Secretary of State records contain correspondence relating to School Board Minutes include Education annual reports
Acts of the legislature relating to segregation Public Schools – Separation of Races (1955) Enforcement of segregation (1956, requires members of the State Patrol and Bureau of Investigation to enforce segregation when requested to by any citizen) [see also Peace Officers’ Retirement System Amended, 1956, which penalized officers who do not enforce segregation by forfeiting all retirement benefits disability payments, and death payments] Education – Freedom from compulsory association (proposed constitutional amendment) (1961) Grants for education (grants to enable students to attend schools of choice), 1961 Acts relating to communism, subversive activities Loyalty Oath required of all state employees (1949) Sedition and subversive activities (1953) National security – telegram to president regarding the possible role of “communist conspirators’ in stirring up “class antagonisms” by bombing Negro churches and parsonages (1957) Acts relating to voting rights, the U.S. constitution and state rights: Voter registration (1949, 1958, and 1964) Interposition resolution (1956), declaring the Supreme Court decisions of 1954 and 1955 re school segregation “null, void, and of no effect” Impeachment of Certain U.S. Supreme Court Justices who are “guilty of attempting to subvert the Constitution of the United States,” etc. (1957) Bills and resolutions that did not pass but that reflect the temper of the times (such as a bill requiring the revocation of municipal charters for cities that failed to enforce segregation) House and Senate Journals The Journals from the mid-1950s forward contain speeches, communications between the governor and the assembly, and other evidence documenting the legislative reaction to changes in society. Original Records Governors correspondence/subject files Lieutenant Governor correspondence Secretary of State correspondence Executive Orders House and Senate Journals Secretary of State records contain correspondence relating to School Board Minutes include Education annual reports