Creator: Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980 / Subject: African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century<br> Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc. / Event: Brown versus Board of Education - Civil Rights Digital Library Search Results

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Creator Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980 Subject African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century Subject Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc. Event Brown versus Board of Education

1. 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