Letter Attacking Jess Matthews and Daisy Bates

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Collection:: Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
Title:: Letter Attacking Jess Matthews and Daisy Bates
Publisher:: Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
Date of Original:: 1957-12-20
Subject:: African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas
People:: Miller, Julian
Location:: United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
Medium:: letters (correspondence)
Type:: Text
Format:: application/pdf
Description:: Personal letter from Mrs. Foster W. Pemberton to Jess Matthews attacking the character of Daisy Bates.
Integration -- Desegregation -- Racism -- Bigotry -- African-Americans -- Blacks -- Little Rock Central High School -- Capital Citizens Council -- Little Rock -- Pulaski
1805 Bragg St. Little Rock, Ark. Dec. 20, 1957 Mr. J. W. Matthews 5421 Southwd Rd. Little Rock, Ark. Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find the nicest handbill of your most important P. T. A. member. You and Virgil Blossom have integrated Central High but you sure can't take the Black off the Nigger or integrate our hearts. Sincerely, Mrs. Foster W. Pemberton
Metadata URL:: http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/1339
IIIF manifest:: https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/iiif/2/Civilrights:1339/manifest.json
Additional Rights Information:: Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright.
Contributing Institution:: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
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