Stennis, John Cornelius, D-MS; King, Martin Luther; Powell, Adam Clayton
Constituent asks Sen. Stennis to convince Democratic President and Attorney General that: "Montgomery crisis is symptomatic of infiltration in our bureaucracy".
Stennis, John Cornelius, D-MS; Attorney General; Kennedy, Robert F.; Department of Justice; Montgomery, Alabama; Patterson, John
Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, sends Sen. Stennis a copy of his telegram to the Alabama delegation in Congress re: US deputy marshals being sent to Montgomery, Alabama.
Stennis, John Cornelius, D-MS; Attorney General; Kennedy, Robert F.; Department of Justice; Montgomery, Alabama; Patterson, John
Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, sends Sen. Stennis a copy of his telegram to Gov. Patterson of Alabama re: US deputy marshals being sent to Montgomery, Alabama.
Feemster family; Telegraph; Bedbugs; Selma (Ala.); Enterprise (Miss.); Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, in Enterprise, Mississippi, following up on the telegram he sent several days earlier; he has not yet received a reply and is worried about Mattie. He urges her once again...
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.
Senator Stennis apologizes for not getting in touch sooner due to being very busy. Senator Stennis then goes on to discuss his fight against Civil Rights legislation.
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.