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Creator Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980 Subject Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)

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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