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| Creator: | DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974 |
| Title: | Letter, 1961 Nov. 28, (Hollis, Long Island, N.Y.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Roy Wilkins and Board of Directors of NAACP, (New York, N.Y.) |
| Date: | 1961 Nov. 28 |
| Description: | Letter from Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. of Hollis, Long Island, New York to Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the NAACP Board of Directors in New York, New York regarding the struggles of Harry Briggs, Sr. and his family as a result of NAACP legal battles. DeLaine requests that the NAACP provide financial assistance to Briggs' family to relocate in New York. DeLaine's letter accompanies a petition from Calvary African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. 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: | DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974 | Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981 | DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974--Correspondence | Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981--Correspondence | Briggs, Harry, d. 1986 | Briggs, Harry, d. 1986--Trials, litigation, etc. | African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy | African American clergy--New York (State)--New York | Clergy--New York (State)--New York | African American civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York | Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York | Trials--South Carolina--Clarendon County | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | New York (N.Y.) | Clarendon County (S.C.) |
| 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 - 13439 - (Folder 11), 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,320 |
