- Collection:
- With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
- Title:
- Felix Frankfurter to Earl Warren, May 17, 1954
- Creator:
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
- Date of Original:
- 1954-05-17
- Subject:
- Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States
Discrimination in education--United States
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States
Segregation in education--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
Civil rights--United States
United States. Supreme Court
Judges--United States
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A brief hand-written note dated May 17, 1954, from Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter to Chief Justice Earl Warren. In this letter Justice Frankfurter congratulates Chief Justice Warren on the decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and declares that he believes it to be a great day for both the Supreme Court and the United States.
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:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_evenhand_br0082bs
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0082bs.jpg
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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