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This is a handwritten copy of a letter that Gregory H. Swanson wrote to the editor of the Washington Post. In the letter, Swanson, responding to an earlier editorial titled "Babel", expresses his opininon that President Dwight D. Eisenhower ought to be more open and honest about his positions on racial desegregation.

The Washington Post published the letter on November 2, 1956. Swanson kept multiple copies of the published letter in his civil rights subject file.

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These are printed copies of two opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court. The opinion for Bolling v. Sharpe was filed inside of the opinion for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

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The Public Affairs Committee, a non-profit educational organization, published this pamphlet in cooperation with the NAACP. The pamphlet provides some background and context for questions surrounding the racial integration of U.S. schools after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

The pamphlet is annotated with a few handwritten notes.

Scope and Contents This is a typescript copy of a letter that Gregory H. Swanson wrote to the editor of the Washington Post. In the letter, Swanson suggests that an earlier editorial in the Washington Post, "Babel," might have had a role in persuading the administration of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to make its position on desegregation more clear. Swanson then expresses his opinion that efforts to end racial segregation in the United States can no longer be delayed.The Washington Post...

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Gregory H. Swanson writes to thank Sarah Patton Boyle on behalf of the Delta Nu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Danville Chapter of the NAACP. On May 18, 1955, Sarah Patton Boyle spoke at a public meeting hosted by the two groups.

The letter includes a newspaper clipping from the Danville Register reporting on the event.

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This pamphlet from the Virginia Citizens Conference provides instructions for paying the poll tax and registering to vote in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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This is a clipping of an article from Time magazine. The article reports on the potential role of the U.S. Supreme Court in ending racial segregation in the United States. A handwritten note was attached to the article.

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In this letter, Phineas Indritz, an attorney, argues to Joseph D. Stecher, Secretary of the American Bar Association (A.B.A), that the A.B.A. should no longer require lawyers to disclose their race before admission to the association.

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This is a copy of a resolution presented in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives arguing that U.S. Supreme Court cases that overturn state racial segregation laws are unconstitutional.