- Collection:
- With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
- Title:
- William L. Patterson, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, to Walter White congratulating White on the NAACP's victory in Brown v. Board of Education, May 17, 1954
- Creator:
- Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980
- Date of Original:
- 1954-05-17
- Subject:
- Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States
Segregation in education--United States
Discrimination in education--United States
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
United States. Supreme Court
Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. - People:
- Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980
White, Walter, 1893-1955
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
- Medium:
- telegrams
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A telegram dated May 17, 1954, from William L. Patterson, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, to Walter White celebrating the NAACP's victory in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
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_br0095s
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0095s.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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