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Telegram to Shivers 1956-08-31.jpg
Telegram suggesting the governor and attorney general ban the NAACP from operating in Texas for instigating riots.

Telegram to Shivers 1956-09-02.jpg
Telegram from Texas attorney Palmer Hutcheson to Gov. Shivers referring to Tennessee Gov. Clement's efforts to desegregate schools peacefully and to the effigy hung at Mansfield High School.

Press Memorandum Shivers 1956-02-23.jpeg
Shivers proposed a referendum to Texas voters on the question of interposition by means of a constitutional amendment.

Allan Shivers to The Advisory Committee on Segregation 1956-02-23.jpeg
Shivers reaffirming his support for the interposition proposal and an amendment to the U.S Constitution clarifying and strengthening the Tenth Amendment.

Press Memorandum Shivers 1956-04-12.jpeg
Shivers philosophy on states’ rights stressed the need to assert the power of the people in contrast to the growth of the federal government. The federal government had been acting against the wishes of many Texans which pressured Shivers to reaffirm…
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