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| Creator: | Berkowitz, Sol |
| Title: | Letter, 1955 Oct. 22, [New York, N.Y.], Sol Berkowitz, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. |
| Date: | 1955 Oct. 22 |
| Description: | Letter from Sol Berkowitz of New York, New York, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. informing DeLaine that now that Berkowitz's health has improved he is ready to fight with African Americans to combat racial discrimination. Berkowitz writes, "As a white man and a Jew who knows what it is to be discriminated against I stand firmly with the negroe [sic] people in their fight for freedom from southern terrorists." 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: | Berkowitz, Sol | DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974 | Berkowitz, Sol--Correspondence | DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974--Correspondence | Civil rights movements--Southern States | African American civil rights workers--Southern States | Civil rights workers--Southern States | Jews--New York (State)--New York | African American clergy--New York (State)--New York | Clergy--New York (State)--New York | Social reformers--New York (State)--New York | African Americans--Southern States | African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States | Civil rights--Southern States | New York (N.Y.) | Southern States |
| Collection: | Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000 |
| Institution: | University of South Carolina University Libraries Digital Collections |
| Contributors: | South Caroliniana Library | University of South Carolina. Library. Digital Collections |
| Online Publisher: | Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina, University Libraries, Digital Collections | 2008 |
| Original Material: | Legal size - 9625 - (Folder 7), Joseph Armstrong DeLaine papers, ca. 1918-2000, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbus, South Carolina. |
| Rights and Usage: | Digital image copyright 2008, The University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. For more information contact The South Caroliniana Library, USC, Columbia, SC 29208. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine papers, ca. 1918-2000. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/u?/jad,152 |
