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Box 255

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Copies of Speeches, January 1957 - November1965 , 1957 January - 1965 November

 File — Box: 255, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series:
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection documents Boone's career in journalism both in Macon, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His papers cover the years 1924-1981, with the bulk spanning the years 1949-1968, and reflect his career, personal life, and world travels. Of particular interest are the papers dealing with Autherine Lucy’s enrollment at the University of Alabama in 1956; papers dealing with Boone's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for editorial writing, and papers dealing with the 1964-68 Ku Klux...
Dates: 1957 January - 1965 November