- Collection:
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
- Title:
- AME's Church Letter to Arkansas Plan Committee
- Publisher:
- Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1958-04-23
- Subject:
- African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas - People:
- Young, Rufus K.
- Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letter from AME minister Rufus K. Young applauding Herbert Thomas and the Arkansas Plan Committee for their efforts, but declining to endorse their plan, 1958.
Integration -- Civil Rights -- Little Rock Central High School -- African-Americans -- Blacks -- Little Rock (Ark.) -- Arkansas Plan -- Little Rock -- Pulaski
ethel African Methodist Episcopal Church • FOUNDED IN 1863 • 424 WEST NINTH STREET LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS TELEPHONE FR 4·2891 RUFUS KING YOUNG , PASTOR MRS. C. DELOIS COCHRAN SECRETARY-BOOKKEEPER MR. L. N. SMITH SEC'Y OFFICIAL BOARD AND STEWARDS MR. EARL MOSES SEWARDSTREASURER THE PARSONAGE 2304 RINGO STREET PHONE FR 2-1211 DR. J. V .JOROAN SEC'Y TRUSTEES MR. P. W. WADE TREASURER TRUSTEES April 23, 1958 Committee For Arkansas Plan Mr. Joshua K. Shepherd, Chairman P. O. :Box 1837 Little Bock, Arkansas Dear Mr. Shepherd: This comes to acknowledge receipt of your letter as of April 7, 1958 containing a copy of the proposal which Mr. Herbert L. Thomas, Sr. presented to the State Board of Education for consideration as a means of working toward a solution of our perplex school problem in the area of segregation or integration. As suggested in your letter, I shared the proposal with the leaders in our church and got their reactions. Our Trustee Board at its regular monthly meeting took the plan under consideration. They were impressed with the sincerity and conscientiousness on the part of Mr. Thomas in his effort to find a solution to the problem, and we wish to commend him for his noble undertaking for we feel that such efforts to reestablish the lines of communication between the races should never be relinquished. However, the Board voted unanimously to oppose any plan that would have the Negroes withdrawn from Central High School. We truly hope that you will be able to understand our position in this particular instant and we will remain opened to further discussions or suggestions in this matter. Sincerely and Prayerfully yours, [Rufus K. Youg,Pastor, signature] RKY: cdc " THE CHURCH IN THE HEART OF THE CITY WITH THE CITY ON ITS HEART " - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/715
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
- Rights:
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