Sen. Stennis is sent a copy of a letter informing the Superintendent of the Warren County School System that a deferral of federal funds will be imposed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Stennis, John Cornelius, D-MS; Civil Rights; integration;
Senator Stennis questions the Secretary of the Army in regards to the use of paratroopers rather than military police units in Little Rock. Stennis then discusses with President Eisenhower the situation in Little Rock.
Stennis, John Cornelius, D-MS; Hoover, John Edgar; F.B.I.; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Civil Rights;
Senator Stennis enters into a series of correspondences with a Mississippi Attorney and J. Edgar Hoover. This dialogue is calling into question the practices of agents in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.