A letter from a constituent protesting the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education to outlaw the segregation of public schools. The constituent is especially concerned that integration will lead to intermarriage.
A letter from a family in Johnston, South Carolina, protesting the integration of public schools in their town. The family fears the possibility of integration leading to intermarriage and asserts that black people living in their town are opposed to integration as well. Senator Maybank responds with similar opinion but explains that the recent Supreme Court Decision of Brown v. Board of Education will make it difficult for him to do anything.
A letter containing a resolution from the Sumter County Farm Bureau and the States Rights League of Sumter County, South Carolina, written in opposition to the ruling of the Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education ruling and the integration of public schools.
A letter from a South Carolina constituent concerned by the upcoming Supreme Court decision concerning segregation in public schools. Included is a racial chart listing the breakdown of white and non-white populations in each South Carolina county as of April 1, 1950. The chart's information was obtained from information compiled by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce.
A letter from a South Carolina constituent thanking Senator Maybank for his efforts to keep the "Non-segregation" clause from being inserted into the Federal Housing Administration Mortgage bill. The constituent also voices his disgust for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Senator Maybank replies that he feels the clause will be defeated soon and he remarks that the NAACP has gone even further and appeared "before the Supreme Court to abolish segregation in the public schools."
A copy of a letter from the Chairman of the Southern Democratic Party expressing concern that black voters will outnumber white voters. Richard M. Jeffries responds coldly and expresses his opinion that the Southern Democratic Party is actually aiding the black vote in South Carolina by continually stirring up trouble in South Carolina.
A four-page letter from the County Chairman of Newberry, South Carolina, requesting consideration of a number of newly proposed rules and regulations governing the primaries, including the need to maintain the white primary.
A letter from John H. McCray (Chairman of the Progressive Democratic Party) to Oscar R. Ewing who served as Chairman of a meeting of the Progressive Democratic Party with a sub-committee of the National Democratic Committee on July 17, 1944. McCray thanks the Committee for hearing their case and expresses his party’s desire to continue fighting for their cause.
A letter from a South Carolina constituent protesting a 24-hour guard being placed at the houses of blacks living in the Tom McMillan housing project by the Charleston Navy Yard. Senator Maybank sympathizes with the constituent's views but replies that he can only voice his opposition.
