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Letter from Benjamin L. Smith to Mrs. E. C. Brooks
Date:
January 13, 1958
Author:
Benjamin Lee Smith
Biographical/Historical abstract:
Benjamin Lee Smith was superintendent of the Greensboro City Schools at the time of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision ordering desegregation of public schools.
Additional contributor:
Description:
This January 13, 1958 letter from Benjamin L. Smith to Mrs. E. C. Brooks thanks Brooks for her letter of encouragement during the desegregation of two all-white schools in Greensboro in 1957. Smith writes of harassment from some white citizens as well as his hopes that people will begin to realize desegregation must be implemented.
Subjects:
Format of original:
Correspondence
Collection:
Benjamin Lee Smith Papers
Repository:
Duke University
Item#:
4.1.1004
Rights:
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