Telegram. NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins to Herbert Brownell concerning the expulsion of Autherine Lucy, February 7, 1956

Collection:

With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty

Title:

Telegram. NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins to Herbert Brownell concerning the expulsion of Autherine Lucy, February 7, 1956

Creator:

Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

Date of Original:

1956-02-07

Subject:

Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
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
African American civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York
African American students--Alabama--Tuscaloosa
African American women--Alabama--Tuscaloosa
Attorneys general--United States
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
United States. Dept. of Justice
University of Alabama
University of Alabama. Board of Trustees
College integration--Alabama--Tuscaloosa
Student expulsion--Alabama--Tuscaloosa

People:

Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Brownell, Herbert, Jr., 1904-1996
Lucy, Autherine, 1929-2022

Location:

United States, Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa, 33.20984, -87.56917
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729

Medium:

telegrams

Type:

Text

Format:

image/jpeg

Description:

A telegram dated February 7, 1956, from NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins to Attorney General Herbert Brownell regarding the expulsion of Autherine Lucy from the University of Alabama. Wilkins implores Attorney General Brownell to take legal action against any person who attempts to prevent Lucy from attending classes. Wilkins notes that demonstrators had previously thrown objects at Lucy and that she had been suspended by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees to prevent disruptions on campus.
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Metadata URL:

http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_evenhand_br0121s

Digital Object URL:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0121s.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: