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<dc_title>William Douglas to Earl Warren, May 11, 1954</dc_title>
<dc_creator>Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980</dc_creator>
<dc_subject>Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Segregation in education--United States</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Civil rights--United States</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>Judges--United States</dc_subject>
<dc_subject>United States. Supreme Court</dc_subject>
<dc_subject_personal>Warren, Earl, 1891-1974</dc_subject_personal>
<dc_subject_personal>Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980</dc_subject_personal>
<dc_subject_personal>Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc.</dc_subject_personal>
<dc_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&apos;s opinion that both state and federal courts should rule on the subject of school desegregation.</dc_description>
<dc_description>The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership</dc_description>
<dc_description>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.</dc_description>
<dc_publisher>[Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress</dc_publisher>
<dc_contributor>Library of Congress</dc_contributor>
<dc_contributor>&quot;With an Even Hand&quot;: Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection (Library of Congress)</dc_contributor>
<dc_language>eng</dc_language>
<dc_type>Letters (correspondence)</dc_type>
<dc_identifier>http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0081as.jpg</dc_identifier>
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<dc_format>United States</dc_format>
<dc_source>Forms part of the &quot;With an Even Hand&quot;: Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, Washington, D.C.</dc_source>
<dc_relation>Forms part of the &quot;With an Even Hand&quot;: Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection.</dc_relation>
<dc_coverage_temporal>1954-05-11</dc_coverage_temporal>
<dc_coverage_spatial>Washington (D.C.)</dc_coverage_spatial>
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