Walter A. Lundy Files, Red and Black (Fall 1953) Integration Issue Papers, 12 November 1953-14 May 1954, December 1953.

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Walter A. Lundy Files, Red and Black (Fall 1953) Integration Issue Papers, 12 November 1953-14 May 1954, December 1953.

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The Walter A. Lundy Files, Red and Black (Fall 1953) Integration Issue Papers consist of correspondence, clippings and printed materials. The materials document the response on both local and national levels to the dispute between Walter Lundy and Bill Shipp, editor and managing editor of Red and Black, the student paper of the University of Georgia, and the Board of Regents of the University System led by Roy V. Harris over Lundy and Shipp's statements in two editorial columns advocating the end of racial segregation in Georgia's public schools. The majority of the correspondents support Lundy and Shipp for their position on segregation while others who do not favor the editors' proposals, decry efforts by Harris and the University of Georgia to proscribe the newspaper's control over its editorial content. Many of the letters and newsclipping come from other student newspapers across the country. In Series I. Subseries A. contains a copy of the letter written by Lundy and Shipp to John Drewry, head of the Publications Control Board resigning their editorships of The Red and Black. Copies of the original editorials written by Lundy and Shipp, which sparked the controversy, are available on microfilm at the University of Georgia Libraries. Of interest to scholars of the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation in Georgia are the letters and clippings from southern whites whose anger and frustration over their state's policies upholding racial segregation document dissenting perspectives that are in opposition to racist ideologies of the period. Also of interest are a small sample of pamphlets, placards, and other ephemera from groups such as National Citizens Protective Association with strong anti-integration, anticommunist content.

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University of Georgia. International Student Life Office

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Shipp, Bill

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Bill Shipp, reporter, editor, and columnist for the Atlanta Constitution and Newsday. From the description of Bill Shipp oral history interview, 1987 Apr. 22. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476291 Bill Shipp, reporter, editor, columnist, and president of Word Merchants (a publishing company), resides in Marietta, Georgia. From the description of Bill Shipp papers, 1980-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476142 ...

Lundy, Walter A., 1933-

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Walter A. Lundy was born July 5, 1933. He earned an A. B. for the University of Georgia in geography where he also served as editor of the student newspaper, the Red and Black (see historical sketch above). He served in the United States Air force from 1954-1958 as a transport navigator. He was stationed in the Philippines from 1957-1958. Following his military service he earned a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Georgetown University, graduating in 1961. Even as he was comp...