- Collection:
- With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
- Title:
- William Douglas to Earl Warren, May 11, 1954
- Creator:
- Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980
- Date of Original:
- 1954-05-11
- Subject:
- Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States
Segregation in education--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
Civil rights--United States
Judges--United States
United States. Supreme Court
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A brief note hand-written by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas to Chief Justice Earl Warren. Justice Douglas writes that he agrees with Chief Justice Warren's opinion that both state and federal courts should rule on the subject of school desegregation.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership
Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_evenhand_br0081as
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0081as.jpg
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- United States
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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