loc_evenhand_br0095s br0095s evenhand loc yes William L. Patterson, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, to Walter White congratulating White on the NAACP's victory in Brown v. Board of Education, May 17, 1954 Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980 Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States Segregation in education--United States Discrimination in education--United States Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) Civil rights--United States African Americans--Civil rights United States. Supreme Court Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980 White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955 Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. A telegram dated May 17, 1954, from William L. Patterson, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, to Walter White celebrating the NAACP's victory in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. 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. [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress Library of Congress "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection (Library of Congress) eng Telegrams http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0095s.jpg image/jpeg Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, Washington, D.C. Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection. 1954-05-17 New York (N.Y.) 20090526 204835