- Collection:
- Lloyd L. Gaines Collection
- Title:
- Family correspondence
- Date of Original:
- 1927-09/1939-03-03
- Subject:
- Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.)
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Education
Moving, Household--Mississippi
Moving, Household--Missouri
Missouri. Supreme Court
African Americans--Employment
Restaurants--Employees
Letters
African Americans--Missouri
African Americans--Civil rights--Missouri
Civil rights--Missouri
African American college students--Missouri
College students--Missouri
Segregation in higher education--Missouri
Discrimination in higher education--Missouri - People:
- Gaines, Lloyd Lionel--Trials, litigation, etc.
Gaines, Lloyd Lionel
Gaines, Lloyd Lionel--Family
Gaines, Lloyd Lionel--Family--Health
Gaines, Lloyd Lionel--Correspondence
Gaines, George L.--Correspondence
Gaines, Callie--Correspondence
Gaines, Arthur--Correspondence - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Michigan, 44.25029, -85.50033
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Missouri, Boone County, 38.99062, -92.30968
United States, Missouri, Boone County, Columbia, 38.95171, -92.33407
United States, Missouri, Cole County, 38.50541, -92.2816
United States, Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson City, 38.5767, -92.17352 - Medium:
- correspondence
letters (correspondence) - Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Lloyd Lionel Gaines was born to the Gaines family in northern Mississippi in 1911. One of eleven children, seven of whom survived illness and accident, Lloyd moved with his widowed mother and siblings to St. Louis after the premature death of their father. The family found more economic opportunity in St. Louis, although life was far from easy. From the letters provided primarily from the Gaines family archive, we can see the economic struggles faced by Lloyd and his family in their new home. In their father's absence, Lloyd's brothers were forced to leave school prematurely and go to work in order to support the family, thereby sacrificing their own education. In particular, George Gaines, Lloyd's older brother, bore the weight of responsibility for the well-being of the family, as reflected in the included letters between George and Lloyd. The dream of higher education for Lloyd was a dream for his entire family, and to that end, they all sacrificed.
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. - Metadata URL:
- https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/family_correspondence
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Law. Library
- Rights:
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