Herbert Edward O’Keef papers, 1962-1974.

Creator: O’Keef, Herbert Edward, 1908-
Collection number: 4078-z
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Abstract: Letters received by O’Keef as editor of “The Raleigh (N.C.) Times,” from readers of the newspaper chiefly concerning race relations, the Ku Klux Klan, and other civil rights matters in North Carolina. Topics of discussion also include local and national politics, the gubernatorial campaign of 1964, and the state university speaker ban law.

Repository: Southern Historical Collection

Collection Highlights: Letters received by O’Keef as editor of the Raleigh (North Carolina) Times . The bulk of the correspondence comments on some facet of race relations, the Ku Klux Klan, or other aspects of civil rights in North Carolina.