Letter and Accompanying Envelope and Clippings from Jesse Thomas Dunson to Thelma T. Gorham, January 19, 1958
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Title
Letter and Accompanying Envelope and Clippings from Jesse Thomas Dunson to Thelma T. Gorham, January 19, 1958
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Type
Text
Creator
Dunson, Jesse Thomas (Correspondent)
Gorham, Thelma Thurston, 1913-1991 (Correspondent)
Date
1958-01-19
Description
A letter and two enclosed newspaper clippings from Jesse Dunson to Thelma T. Gorham. Dunson briefly makes mention in his letter of a confrontation between the KKK and "some Indians in North Carolina." The confrontation referenced is the Battle of Hayes Pond that took place on January 18th, 1958 between several members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and the KKK. Dunson goes on to mention the matter of integration in Virginia, a subject which he includes a clipping on.
Genre
Personal correspondence
Newspapers
Language
English
Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
Physical Description
4 pages
Identifier
JGRCMA-MSS2004-1108-B008C-F053-I006
Topics
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
School integration
White supremacy movements
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Gorham, Thelma Thurston
African American professional employees
African American journalists
African American women educators
Physical Location
Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.