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| Creator: | Poyourow, Esther, 1900-1985 |
| Title: | Letter, 1955 Nov. 2, (New York, N.Y.), Esther Poyourow, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. |
| Date: | 1955 Nov. 2 |
| Description: | Letter from Esther Poyourow, executive secretary of the Bronx Council of Emma Lazarus Clubs, New York, New York, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. in New York, New York. In the letter, Poyourow welcomes DeLaine on behalf of the Jewish women's club and pledges support for the fight for complete African American equality and efforts to unseat Mississippi Congressmen who were elected when African Americans were denied the freedom to vote. 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: | Poyourow, Esther, 1900-1985 | DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974 | Poyourow, Esther, 1900-1985--Correspondence | DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974--Correspondence | Women--Societies and clubs | African American clergy--New York (State)--New York | Clergy--New York (State)--New York | Civil rights movements--United States | African American civil rights workers | Civil rights workers--United States | Voting--Mississippi | African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi | Legislators--United States | New York (N.Y.) | Mississippi |
| 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 8), 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,662 |
