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Letter: Mrs. Preston Andrews, Jr. to Governor Willam B. Umstead, May 29, 1954

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Andrews, Mrs. Preston, Jr

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Letter expressing displeasure over the Supreme Court ruling ending segregation; author urges Governor to oppose integrating schools in North Carolina.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Andrews, Mrs. Preston, Jr
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Movements
  5. History
  6. North Carolina
  7. Race Relations
  8. Segregation In Education
  9. Social Conditions
  10. Umstead, William Bradley, 1895 1954

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