- Collection:
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000
- Title:
- Letter, 1950 Mar. 4, Ku Klux Klan, Warning Benson
- Creator:
- Ku Klux Klan
- Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library
- Date of Original:
- 1950-03-04
- Subject:
- Ku Klux Klan, (1915- )--South Carolina
Benson, S. Isaiah--Correspondence
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century
African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina
South Carolina--Social conditions--History--20th century
Clarendon County (South Carolina)--Race relations
Public Schools--South Carolina--Summerton
Segregation in education--South Carolina--Clarendon County
Discrimination in education--South Carolina - People:
- De Laine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974
- Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Clarendon County, 33.66581, -80.2164
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Letter [forged] from Ku Klux Klan to S. Isaiah Benson warning you had better not appear in judgement against any person in South Carolina or anywhere.... Tell your 'darky' supporters that if they want to die with you come and witness for you; [Joseph A. De Laine, Sr.'s] handwritten note explains forged letter was intended to stir the jurors to hand down a $20,000 judgment against me but the conspirators were caught....
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jad/id/637
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/iiif/2/jad:637/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright Not Evaluated. For more information contact the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
- Original Collection:
- Legal size - 13439 - (Folder 5)
Joseph A. DeLaine Papers - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
-
