Telegram from Governor George C. Wallace to the members of the Alabama congressional delegation in Washington, D.C.

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

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In the message Wallace discusses the federal troops that President Kennedy has just sent to handle the violent situation in Birmingham, Alabama. He insists that the local authorities have the matter under control, and he asks the congressmen to "prevail upon the President to reconsider his action which is in clear violation of the United States Constitution."

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1963 May 12 1963 05 12

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Telegram from Governor George C. Wallace to the members of the Alabama congressional delegation in Washington, D.C.

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