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Letter from Carleton S. Lentz in Anniston, Alabama, to Judge George Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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In the letter Lentz expresses her support for Wallace but questions his "extreme stand on the segregation issue." She asks him to adopt a moderate, peaceful approach during his term: "I am writing to implore you to break your campaign promise, which seems to me designed only to lead to rabble rousing and violence. I do not think that anyone should try to hold you to this utterance, in light of the Mississippi tragedy. Surely even the Ku Klux Klan must now see the futility of trying to fight the might of the entire federal government. Let us carry out the law of the land with courage and dignity, little as we may agree with it." She also suggests that he ask the local press to downplay integration attempts in the newspapers.
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1962 November 17 1962 11 17
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