Herbert Edward O'Keef papers, 1962-1974 [manuscript].

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Herbert Edward O'Keef papers, 1962-1974 [manuscript].

Letters received by O'Keef as editor of "The Raleigh (N.C.) Times," from readers of the newspaper chiefly concerning race relations, the Ku Klux Klan, and other civil rights matters in North Carolina. Topics of discussion also include local and national politics, the gubernatorial campaign of 1964, and the state university speaker ban law.

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