tnmpl_eorgill_000204 000204 eorgill tnmpl yes Bailey in Memphis, Tennessee to Orgill, Edmund in Memphis, Tennessee Orgill, Edmund Mayors--Tennessee--Memphis Civic leaders--Tennessee--Memphis Memphis (Tenn.)--Politics and government Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations Race relations Race discrimination--Tennessee--Memphis Hospital trustees--Tennessee--Memphis Racism--Tennessee--Memphis African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis Women, White--Tennessee--Memphis Orgill, Edmund Letter written February 16, 1956 to Edmund Orgill, mayor of Memphis, Tennessee by a Mrs. Bailey. In the letter, Mrs. Bailey refuses to address the mayor as "mister" because she believes he stands for integration. She encourages him to stand up for the white citizens of the United States. The letter was written in response to Mayor Orgill's request for citizen comment on putting an African American on the board of John Gaston Hospital. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. 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. Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices in association with the Memphis Public Library Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room Volunteer Voices (Project) 2007-07-12 Letters (correspondence) http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000815 Edmund Orgill Papers, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee 1956-02-16 Memphis (Tenn.) Shelby County (Tenn.) For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 20101201 153448