On their doorsteps along with the milk and newspaper, white residents of Madisonville, Ky., found a handbill with the headline: I WILL SUPPORT N.A.A.C.P. LAWS. Beneath it was a smudgy picture of a smiling white girl and Negro boy holding hands, with the statement: "God created us equal. We should live together equally." The photo, said the broadside, had been taken at a recent rally for Edward T. Breathitt Jr., 38, Democratic candidate for Governor.
Also included was the notation that the flyer was a paid advertisement of "CORE (Committee on Racial Education) for Breathitt."
The author was, of course, anonymous, the photo...
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