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[Telegram and Letter from B. W. Middlebrook of Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange to National Broadcast Company, September 9, 1957] (open access)

[Telegram and Letter from B. W. Middlebrook of Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange to National Broadcast Company, September 9, 1957]

Copy of telegram sent by B. W. Middlebrook of Dixie Paper Shell Pecan Exchange to the National Broadcasting Company discussing what in their opinion was a biased broadcast specific to North and South cultures. Middlebrook mentions statistics without a specific citation and problems based on personal observations with the Supreme Court ruling of May 17, 1954 (Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka), Middlebrook expresses opinions in favor of racial segregation in education and states their opinions regarding what they judged to be a poorly informed broadcast and how it painted a false picture of the South in an additional letter addressed to customers.
Date: September 9, 1957
Creator: Middlebrook, Benjamin Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History