United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-19581954-05-18This telegram, dated May 18, 1954, was sent from Anson Phelps Stokes to Channing Tobias, Chairman of the NAACP, celebrating the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Stokes offers special congratulations to Thurgood Marshall, who served as an attorney on the case.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.image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, Washington, D.C.Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United StatesSegregation in education--United StatesDiscrimination in education--United StatesSegregation in education--Law and legislation--United StatesAfrican Americans--Civil rights--History--20th centuryTopeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleCivil rights--United StatesAfrican American lawyers--United StatesAnson Phelps Stokes to Channing Tobias, Chairman of the NAACP, offering congratulations on the NAACP's victory in Brown v. Board of Education.Text