{"value"=>"<p>In 1960, the Governor of Alabama and local officials of Bessemer, Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, brought suits against the NYT, some over an advertisement by the Committee to defend Reverend Martin Luther King and others over an article in a series by Harrison Salisbury (\"Fear and Hatred Grip Birmingham\"). Litigation was eventually carried to the Supreme Court and resulted in the landmark decision, Times v. Sullivan, which states that public officials must prove actual malice in order to win libel judgments. The records in this file comprise correspondence with AHS commenting on various aspects of these cases, work by the attorneys, witnesses, and supporters, and views of other newspapers, magazines, and residents of the South. AHS was involved only peripherally in the activities connected with these suits.</p>"}