Segregation: Correspondence between G. Alvin Tucker and Senator Burnet R. Maybank, February 1954

Title:

Segregation: Correspondence between G. Alvin Tucker and Senator Burnet R. Maybank, February 1954

Date:

1954

Creator (Personal):

Tucker, G. Alvin

Description:

A letter from a South Carolina constituent thanking Senator Maybank for his efforts to keep the "Non-segregation" clause from being inserted into the Federal Housing Administration Mortgage bill. The constituent also voices his disgust for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Senator Maybank replies that he feels the clause will be defeated soon and he remarks that the NAACP has gone even further and appeared "before the Supreme Court to abolish segregation in the public schools."

Collection Title:

Senator Burnet R. Maybank Papers, 1914-1973

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Documents

Series:

Burnet R. Maybank Senatorial Papers - Segregation 1954

Personal or Corporate Subject:

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
United States. Supreme Court

Topical Subject:

Civil rights, Segregation in education, and Public housing

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

MSS 0085 Box 193 Folder 60

Date Digital:

2015-02-18

Digitization Specifications:

300 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL, Archival masters are tiffs.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public domain.

Access Statement:

For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.

Admin ID:

43898