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Anonymous in Memphis, Tennessee, to Dalstrom, Edwin in Memphis, Tennessee

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Title:Anonymous in Memphis, Tennessee, to Dalstrom, Edwin in Memphis, Tennessee
Date:1958 July 1
Description:

Letter from July 1, 1958 from a citizen in Memphis, Tennessee to Edwin Dalstrom, chair of the local Urban League. The letter's author is disturbed about African American families moving into the Glenview Community of Memphis; the author threatens to withhold support from the Urban League.

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Types:Letters (correspondence)
Subjects:Dalstrom, Edwin, 1886-1974 | Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis | Race relations | Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations | African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis | African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis | Discrimination in housing--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis Urban League (Memphis, Tenn.) | Civic leaders--Tennessee--Memphis | Shelby County (Tenn.) | Memphis (Tenn.)
Collection:Edwin Dalstrom Papers
Institution:University of Memphis. Special Collections Dept.
Contributors:University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. | Volunteer Voices (Project)
Online Publisher:Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices | 2007-07-09
Original Material:

Edwin Dalstrom Papers, MS 189, University of Memphis Libraries Special Collections, Memphis, Tennessee

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