Letter and Accompanying Envelope and Clippings from Jesse Thomas Dunson to Thelma T. Gorham, July 26, 1955
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                                Letter and Accompanying Envelope and Clippings from Jesse Thomas Dunson to Thelma T. Gorham, July 26, 1955
                                                            
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                            Type
                                Text
                                                            
                            Creator
                                Dunson, Jesse Thomas (Correspondent)
                                                            
                                                        
                                Gorham, Thelma Thurston, 1913-1991 (Correspondent)
                                                            
                            Date
                                1955-07-26
                                                            
                            Description
                                Correspondence from Jesse Dunson to Thelma T. Gorham, in which Dunson discusses the fines incurred by Bryant Bowles, president of the NAAWP, for violating Delaware state school laws. He closes with musings on the topics of freedom and desegregation.
                                                            
                            Genre
                                Personal correspondence
                                                            
                                                        
                                Newspapers
                                                            
                            Language
                                English
                                                            
                            Place
                                Philadelphia (Pa.)
                                                            
                                                        
                                Oklahoma City (Okla.)
                                                            
                            Physical Description
                                4 pages
                                                            
                            Identifier
                                JGRCMA-MSS2004-1108-B008C-F051-I005
                                                            
                            Topics
                                Bowles, Bryant William, 1920-1997
                                                            
                                                        
                                School integration
                                                            
                                                        
                                Race discrimination
                                                            
                                                        
                                Gorham, Thelma Thurston
                                                            
                                                        
                                African American professional employees
                                                            
                                                        
                                African American journalists
                                                            
                            Time Period
                                Jim Crow (1877-1964)
                                                            
                            Physical Location
                                Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.
                                                            
                            