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| Creator: | Gore, Albert, 1907-1998 |
| Title: | Letter on Civil Rights Freedom Riders |
| Date: | 1961 May 27 |
| Description: | Letter dated May 27, 1961 from United States senator Albert Gore to an unidentified man in Chattanooga, Tennessee about violence in Alabama during the Freedom Rides. Sentator Gore agrees with the man that the violence "is certainly to be deplored" and mentions efforts "to persuade all involved to adopt the spirit of reasonableness and to avoid provocation." He ends by expressing his hope "that the controversy may be resolved by the courts and with orderly procedure rather than through the medium of mob rule." Identifying information has been removed to protect the identities of private citizens. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Letters (correspondence) |
| Subjects: | Gore, Albert, 1907-1998 | Legislators--United States | Politicians--Tennessee | Freedom Rides, 1961 | Civil rights movements--Alabama | Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama | Civil rights--United States | Race relations | Alabama--Race relations | Segregation in transportation--Alabama | Violence | Civil rights workers--Violence against--Alabama | African American civil rights workers--Violence against--Alabama | Mobs--Alabama | Chattanooga (Tenn.) | Hamilton County (Tenn.) | Tennessee | Alabama | United States |
| Collection: | Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection |
| Institution: | Albert Gore Research Center (Middle Tennessee State University) |
| Contributors: | Volunteer Voices (Project) | Albert Gore Research Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices | 2007-07-20 |
| Original Material: | Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection, D31, "1961 Civil Rights, Freedom Riders", Albert Gore Sr. Research Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Rights and Usage: | For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002572 |
