Letter and Accompanying Envelope and Clippings from Jesse Thomas Dunson to Thelma T. Gorham, July 26, 1955

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Letter and Accompanying Envelope and Clippings from Jesse Thomas Dunson to Thelma T. Gorham, July 26, 1955

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Type

Text

Creator

Dunson, Jesse Thomas (Correspondent)
Gorham, Thelma Thurston, 1913-1991 (Correspondent)

Date

1955-07-26

Description

Correspondence from Jesse Dunson to Thelma T. Gorham, in which Dunson discusses the fines incurred by Bryant Bowles, president of the NAAWP, for violating Delaware state school laws. He closes with musings on the topics of freedom and desegregation.

Genre

Personal correspondence
Newspapers

Language

English

Place

Philadelphia (Pa.)
Oklahoma City (Okla.)

Physical Description

4 pages

Identifier

JGRCMA-MSS2004-1108-B008C-F051-I005

Topics

Bowles, Bryant William, 1920-1997
School integration
Race discrimination
Gorham, Thelma Thurston
African American professional employees
African American journalists

Time Period

Jim Crow (1877-1964)

Physical Location

Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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