- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Letter: to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Washington, D.C., 1960s
- Creator:
- Dombrowski, James A. (James Anderson), 1897-1983
- Publisher:
- from SCEF - Louisiana, Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1969
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Louisiana--New Orleans
Social reformers--Louisiana--New Orleans
Presidents--United States
Generals--United States
Judges--United States
Anti-communist movements--United States
Amnesty--United States
Communists--United States - People:
- Dombrowski, James A. (James Anderson), 1897-1983
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 - Location:
- United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, 30.06864, -89.92813
United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 29.95465, -90.07507 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Image of a letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from Jim Dombrowski. Dombrowski asks the president to grant amnesty to imprisoned Americans who were convicted under the Smith Act. The Smith Act, passed in 1940, made illegal advocating violent overthrow of the government or membership in any group or society devoted to such advocacy. Dombrowski states that political persecution "alarms our citizens and our friends in other countries."
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://da.mdah.ms.gov/sovcom/photo.php?display=item&oid=890
- Rights Holder:
- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records are state government records made available to the public pursuant to American Civil Liberties Union v. Fordice, 969 F.Supp. 403 (S.D.Miss.1994). The web-enabled version of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records is intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). MDAH makes no warranty or assurances that materials contained in this collection are free from U.S. copyright claims or other restrictions on free use and display. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing materials found in this collection. MDAH requests that prior to publication of Sov. Com. images the user submit an MDAH Broadcast/Publication Permission form for approval by the Department. This form must be accompanied by documentation which proves that copyright requirements have been satisfied. Contact MDAH Reference Staff for details on how to obtain and complete the B/PP form: (601) 576 6876 or refdesk@mdah.ms.gov. There are no MDAH Use Fees associated with use of Sov. Com. images. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by a credit line, which at a minimum includes the name of this collection, the unique resource identifier for each image, the name of this institution, and URL. ; Cite images according to the following structure: Original Creator, "Title", Original creation date (if known), Unique Resource Identifier, Series Number and Title, Archival Repository, date of last web page revision, image location/URL, (image viewed on date).
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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