Book, "Where Do We Stand" - Governor Orval Faubus

 
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Gov. Faubus' copy of "Where do we stand"
Book, "Where Do We Stand" - Governor Orval Faubus
Gov. Faubus' copy of "Where do we stand"
Gov. Faubus' copy of "Where do we stand"

Book, "Where Do We Stand" - Governor Orval Faubus

Object number2003.087.05.12
Dateca. 1955
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensions8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (20.9 x 14 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionRed cloth covered book which was mailed forst class. It still has 11 $0.03 stamps attached to the front of the book. The front of the book is handwritten and reads, "Where do we stand" by Gartrell J. Gaines Sr. To Gov. Orville Faubus c/o The Arkansas Democrat Captiol & Scott Sts. Little Rock, Arkansas. The book is postmarked from Norfolk, VA on January 9, 1959

    There is a letter on the back of the book that reads, "Forgive me of the impetuosity of my sentiments startle you, but it could not possibly have escaped your notice that there has been a concentrated clamor among "Negroes" recently for integrated schools. This clamor created a din that was heard around the world, but the loud voice of tyrrany and oppression [YOUR VOICE] has created a din that without a doubt has been heard in the coldest and darkest recesses of HELL itself!

    When you learn the true reason behind your blind prejudice as countless thousands have learned FROM THIS BOOK, prehaps you will see fit to save yourself from a state of constant indictment and perpetual fear. . . fear of the hither-to UNKNOWN. . . THE ORIGIN OF YOUR PREJUDICE!

    INTELLIGENCE is on the march! Gartrell J. Gaines' book "WHERE DO WE STAND" is on the march! IT IS A VOICE. . . the voice of white man, yellow man, red man, and black man. It is the loud booming voice of TRUTH! THE VOICE OF TRUTH ASCENDS THE HEIGHTS OF HEAVEN ITSELF! How can you Gov. Faubus, quell this loudest of all voices. . . TRUTH!

    There have been many attempts to keep the truth hidden, but truth is fluid and cannot be supressed! It is the most powerful force on earth! A force that will consume YOU!!

    Your race is not under indictment, only the demagogues and cohorts who knowingly perpetuate and perpetuate the practice of GENOCIDE to appease the ravenous appetite of their PREJUDICE!

    Yours for enlightenment,
    E. Andrew Johnson"

    Orval Eugene Faubus was born on January 7, 1910 in Madison County. Faubus married Alta Haskins in 1931, they had one son. In 1938, Faubus was elected circuit clerk and recorder of Madison County. After WWII, Faubus was rewarded with an appointment to the state highway commission and later worked in the governor’s office as an administrative assistant. In 1955, he defeated Pratt Remmel for the governorship becoming the thirty-sixth governor of Arkansas. While in office Faubus improved public education including pay increases for teachers, began an overhaul of the State Hospital for the mentally ill, built the Arkansas Children’s Colony, expanded state parks, and paved hundreds of miles of highway. He left office in 1967. Faubus died on December 14, 1994.
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