Teaching Moments: Activism, Recruitment, and Race in the South


Home	Teaching Moments: Activism, Recruitment, and Race in the South Browse materials on Segregation in Activist Organizations Begin by browsing materials concerning racial segregation in activist organizations in the South (a section of materials from the race, civil rights, and student movements subject list). You may also want to review the collection descriptions for more information on the Hicks sisters, the Raoul Family, as well as background information and additional resources on the League of Women Voters of Georgia. Discussion Questions: Read the two pieces of correspondence between Earle J. Christenberry, Secretary to Senator Huey Long, and Mary and Mildred Hicks, Socialists from Bainbridge, Georgia from April 30th and May 4th, 1934. Why do you think Mr. Christenberry inquired about the race of Mr. Marshall? What advice, given by their father, is used by the Hicks sisters to reply to Mr. Christenberry's letter? Why do you think the Hicks discuss other work done by their father and themselves in response to this question? Do you agree with their reasons for rejecting the recruitment of non-whites into their movement? Is this decision racist? Why or why not? Read the letter sent by Mary Raoul Millis to Frank J. Manning on February 18, 1930. What request did Frank Manning make to which Mary Raoul Millis did not comply and why? What reasons do Mary Raoul Millis give for not wanting to integrate the Socialist Party in the South? Why does she believe it would it be "suicidal" to integrate? Is this decision racist? Why or why not? How is this decision the same or different from the decision made in the case of the Hicks sisters, noted above? Read the minutes from the 1954 meeting of the Southern Leauges of Women Voters. How did national events concerning racial segregation influence the meeting? What concerns were voiced by members of the Leagues on the topic of segregation? On pages 10 and 12, the question of the integration of the League itself is posed. How is this question addressed? What final decision is made on page 14? The integration of the League of Women Voters continues to be an issue in letters written to Mrs. William C. Pauley, dated April 4, 1956, and June 12, 1959. How does the national League respond to this question? What is their advice?
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Teaching Moments:
Activism, Recruitment, and Race in the South

Browse materials on Segregation in Activist Organizations

Begin by browsing materials concerning racial segregation in activist organizations in the South (a section of materials from the race, civil rights, and student movements subject list). You may also want to review the collection descriptions for more information on the Hicks sisters, the Raoul Family, as well as background information and additional resources on the League of Women Voters of Georgia.

Discussion Questions:

Read the two pieces of correspondence between Earle J. Christenberry, Secretary to Senator Huey Long, and Mary and Mildred Hicks, Socialists from Bainbridge, Georgia from April 30th and May 4th, 1934. Why do you think Mr. Christenberry inquired about the race of Mr. Marshall? What advice, given by their father, is used by the Hicks sisters to reply to Mr. Christenberry's letter? Why do you think the Hicks discuss other work done by their father and themselves in response to this question? Do you agree with their reasons for rejecting the recruitment of non-whites into their movement? Is this decision racist? Why or why not?

Read the letter sent by Mary Raoul Millis to Frank J. Manning on February 18, 1930. What request did Frank Manning make to which Mary Raoul Millis did not comply and why? What reasons do Mary Raoul Millis give for not wanting to integrate the Socialist Party in the South? Why does she believe it would it be "suicidal" to integrate? Is this decision racist? Why or why not? How is this decision the same or different from the decision made in the case of the Hicks sisters, noted above?

Read the minutes from the 1954 meeting of the Southern Leauges of Women Voters. How did national events concerning racial segregation influence the meeting? What concerns were voiced by members of the Leagues on the topic of segregation? On pages 10 and 12, the question of the integration of the League itself is posed. How is this question addressed? What final decision is made on page 14?

The integration of the League of Women Voters continues to be an issue in letters written to Mrs. William C. Pauley, dated April 4, 1956, and June 12, 1959. How does the national League respond to this question? What is their advice?