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| Creator: | Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 |
| Title: | Felix Frankfurter to Earl Warren, May 17, 1954 |
| Date: | 1954 May 17 |
| Description: | A brief hand-written note dated May 17, 1954, from Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter to Chief Justice Earl Warren. In this letter Justice Frankfurter congratulates Chief Justice Warren on the decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and declares that he believes it to be a great day for both the Supreme Court and the United States. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Letters (correspondence) |
| Subjects: | Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 | Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 | Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. | Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States | Discrimination in education--United States | Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States | Segregation in education--United States | African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century | Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc. | Civil rights--United States | United States. Supreme Court | Judges--United States | Washington (D.C.) |
| Collection: | With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty |
| Institution: | Library of Congress |
| Contributors: | Library of Congress | "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Online Publisher: | [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress |
| Original Material: | Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, Washington, D.C. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0082bs.jpg |
