American Historical Ephemera and Photography

1p, approx. 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (toning, creasing, generally good overall). Full-page statement "expressing the present grievances of the Negroes of Selma" published in a Sunday edition of The Selma Times-Journal and signed in type by the Dallas County Voters League, Dallas County Business and Professional League, Selma Teachers Association, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Chesterfield Club, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.

Printed on page fourteen of the newspaper, this statement originally was published opposite a full-page listing of organizations and individuals who endorsed the statements made as to "What the Negroes of Selma and Dallas County Want." The list of the eight "most pressing" basic rights and privileges requested includes, in part: that every qualified person be permitted to register and vote; that police brutality be discontinued immediately; that fair employment practices be utilized all at levels of government; that all public facilities be opened to Negroes as stipulated in the Civil Rights Act; that representation is afforded in policy-making bodies; and that "the white citizens recognize the dignity of the Negro and show the same by according him common courtesies, such as, title (Mr., Miss, Mrs.), etc., in all verbal and written communication and in the local newspaper."