wsu_cdbmp_c304b147a_1-7 c304b147a_1-7 cdbmp wsu yes Correspondence between Catherine May and Olga Johnson regarding Foreign Aid, Segregation, and the Johnson Administration, 1965 Bedell, Catherine May, 1914-2004 Johnson, Olga Legislators--United States--Archives United States--Politics and government--20th century--Sources Aid United States--Race relations King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Constituent Olga Johnson writes a racially charged letter to Catherine May in which she laments foreign aid, espouses having "...negroes confined on a reservation like the Indians," and "...Martin Luther King and his followers and President Johnson and his, could all be taken out to a uninhabited island..." She includes several political cartoons which criticize the Johnson administration and other "liberal" policies. May writes a restrained letter in response in which she thanks Johnson for the cartoons. 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. Pullman, Wash. : Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Correspondence http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/wsu_whc,944 Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on an OpticBook 3600 Plus scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries. Catherine May Congressional Papers, 1959-1970, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 1965 United States For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691. 20120427 153538