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| Creator: | Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980 |
| Title: | 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 |
| Date: | 1954 May 17 |
| Description: | A telegram dated May 17, 1954, from William L. Patterson, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, to Walter White celebrating the NAACP's victory in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. 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: | Telegrams |
| Subjects: | Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980 | White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955 | Brown, Oliver, 1918- --Trials, litigation, etc. | Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States | Segregation in education--United States | Discrimination in education--United States | Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States | African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century | Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) | Civil rights--United States | African Americans--Civil rights | United States. Supreme Court | New York (N.Y.) |
| 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/br0095s.jpg |
