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State New York Collection Name With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty

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1. John A. Morsell, Assistant to NAACP Executive Secretary to President John F. Kennedy requesting the assistance of the federal government in the case of James Meredith, September 21, 1962

Creator:: Morsell, John A.
Date of Original:: 1962-09-21
Collection:: With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

2. 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
Collection:: With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

3. Anson Phelps Stokes to Channing Tobias, Chairman of the NAACP, offering congratulations on the NAACP's victory in Brown v. Board of Education.

Creator:: Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958
Date of Original:: 1954-05-18
Collection:: With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

4. 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
Collection:: With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

5. Charles H. Houston to Walter White reporting on the progress of Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

Creator:: Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950
Date of Original:: 1938-05-24
Collection:: With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress

6. Platform adopted by the National Negro Committee, 1909

Creator:: National Negro Conference
Date of Original:: 1909
Collection:: With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress