Citizens' Council Radio Forum

 

The Citizens' Council, founded in Indianola, Mississippi in 1954 following the Brown v. Board decision, was very powerful in working to maintain segregation in Mississippi. The Citizens' Council radio Forum ran from 1957-1966 and features dozens of national and Mississippi politicians, including John Stennis, James Eastland, George Wallace, and Strom Thurmond, and covers topics ranging from reaction to the Civil Rights Act to the fear of Communism. Mississippi State University Libraries is the only repository who has the complete run of the Forum; thanks to a $25,000 Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the original open reel magnetic audio tapes were digitized by the Northeast Document Conservation Center and are now available to researchers.

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Freedom riders--connections with Cuba.

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Freedom riders in Parchman.

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Fulbright amendment.

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Fulbright memorandum--muzzling the military or menace of communism.

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Genetic components in behavior and mental functions.

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Guidelines on school operation.

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Health for peace.

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Hearings on the muzzling of the military.

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High cost of living.

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House Rules Committee.

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House Rules Committee--sanctions and enlargement.

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H.R. 3--states rights bill.

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Incidents in Mississippi.

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Incidents involving Civil Rights workers in Mississippi.

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Individual freedom--segregation in the public schools.

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Individual freedom--segregation in the public schools.

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Integrated schools in D.C.

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Integration, how to oppose.

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Interview with Ian Smith (interview 1)

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Interview with Ian Smith (interview 2)

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Investigation of muzzling of military--censorship.

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Labor and politics (COPE)

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Liberal efforts in Congress--legislation--Civil Rights.

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Little Rock incident--use of federal troops.

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Local views of Oxford incident.

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Los Angeles--causes.

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Los Angeles riots.

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Main concern of American people today--increasing tax burden.

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Maintenance of law and order in Selma.

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Major threat of communism to the world.

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March on Montgomery.

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March on Montgomery.

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Meaning of conservative.

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Meeting at Washington of Governors of eight Southern states and their delegations--federal aid to education.

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Meeting of the world communist parties--policies for U.S.

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Mississippi freedom democratic party delegation, Atlantic City.

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Mississippi's Progress.

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Mississippi--the long hot summer.

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Moral decay in colleges and universities.

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Most serious domestic problem--separation of power between U.S. and state governments.

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Near East--slavery.

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New England's understanding of the South's problem.

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New growth of citizens' councils.

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New Orleans school situation.

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News coverage of Selma.

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Next Congress--liberal or conservative?

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Northern Concept of Mississippi race relations.

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Northern interest in race problems.

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Nuclear test ban treaty.

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Organization of Pike County Citizens' Council.

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Outlook for self-government in Rhodesia.

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Philosophy of equalitarianism.

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Policies of the U.S. in the Cuban situation compared with Korea.

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Positive program for American victory in the cold war.

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Possibility for world peace.

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Power of federal dollar--federal aid.

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Prayer in the public schools--Supreme Court decision.

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Predictions of 1960 political conventions.

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Presenting the southern view.

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Press coverage of race problems in the republic of South Africa.

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Private school movement.

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Private schools.

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Proposed constitutional amendment--state control of public schools.

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Public attitude toward the South.

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Purpose of Citizens' Councils and increased interest in Councils.

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Race and reason--a yankee view.

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Race and reason--a yankee view.

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Race and reason--A Yankee View--discussion.

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Race issue--equalitarian philosophy--left wing overdrift.

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Race problems in the North.

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Race relations in Mississippi.

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Race situation in South Africa.

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Race trouble in the nation's capital--Thanksgiving Day riot.

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Racial agitation and various organizations.

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Racial composition of South Africa.

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Racial demonstrations and communists.

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Racial differences.

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Racial disturbances in large cities outside the South.

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Racial problems of the U.S., union of South Africa compared.

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Racial situation in D.C.

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Raids of Cuban exiles on Castro--U.S. position on.

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Reactions to Ole Miss situation.

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Reform electoral college.

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Regulation and licensing of radio and television.

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Relations of race in Northern and Western United States.

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Report on trip to Africa.

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Results of southern governors' conference.

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Rhodesian independence.

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Riots in cities.

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Rule changes in the Senate.

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School guidelines.

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School integration in Mississippi--Biloxi, Jackson, Clarksdale,Leake County.

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School problems resulting from 1964 Civil Rights act.

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School situation in New Orleans.

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Scientific basis for the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court of education.

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Section 14B and Taft-Harley Law.

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Segregation in Georgia.

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Selma, Alabama.

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Selma demonstration.

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Selma-Montgomery march.