Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10267/34172
| Title: | Pamphlet for the Memphis Election - Volunteer Ticket |
| Contributor: | The Volunteer Ticket |
| Keywords: | Voting;Shelby County (Tenn.);African Americans;Pamphlet;Political campaigns |
| Issue Date: | 1959 |
| Description: | A campaign pamphlet of the Volunteer Ticket, which is made up of African-American candidates, August 1959. Page 1 includes pictures of Russell Sugarmon, Commissioner of Public Works; Ben Hooks, Juvenile Court Judge; Henry Bunton and Roy Love, Board of Education. Page 2 is an article by George W. Lee, "The Negro's Position in the August Election," giving reasons for supporting the Volunteer Ticket; Lee is Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Volunteer Ticket. Page 3, entitled "What the Volunteer Candidates Stand For," is a list of issues the four candidates embrace. It concludes with the phrase, "The Negro Has a Love Affair with Destiny." Page 4 is a get-out-the-vote notice aimed at blacks, and includes the phrase "Don't Listen to 'Uncle Tom's'." |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10267/34172 |
| Appears in Collections: | Russell B. Sugarmon Collection |
Files in This Item:
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.