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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Smith, Bolton

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The NAACP announces a telegram sent by Bolton Smith to Honorable Tom C. Rye, Governor of Nashville, Tenn. regarding the lynching of Berry Noyes and the Tennessee Law and Order League, "organized to stop lynching". Document typewritten on NAACP Press Service stationery. Typescript copy sent under cover to Du Bois from Shillady.
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Keywords

  1. Law And Legislation
  2. Law And Order League (Nashville, Tenn.)
  3. Lynching
  4. Rye, Tom C. 1863 1953

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