Newspaper article, Symbol Black, November 14, 1969

Authors

Philip E. Criswell

Files

Alternative Title

Symbol Black

Description

In this article, Philip E. Criswell wrote a letter to the editor criticizing an article that Mr. Ethridge wrote in defence of Bobby Seale, a Black American whose Chicago court case made national news. The court had Seale gagged to prevent him from verbally disrupting court proceedings. Ethridge claimed the act symbolized white Americans' oppression of Blacks in the United States, but Criswell argued that Seale, as a disruptive individual, should not be made the symbol of oppressed Black Americans.

Publication Date

11-14-1969

Publisher

The Reflector

Time Period

1960-1969

Subjects

College students, Black; Civil Rights; Court; Symbolism

Keywords

Student Activism, Civil Rights, Court, Symbolism, Rebuttal

Geographic Location

Starkville (Miss.); Mississippi State (Miss.)

Comments

This collection contains offensive or discriminatory content.

Object Type

text

Format (original)

Newspaper clipping

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_VA_1969-11-14_Reflector_Vol81_Symbol-Black_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, University Archives.

Repository

University Archives

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

The Relector, Mississippi State University, Volume 81