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This letter was written by G.W. Lowry to Governor George Hodges. Lowry thanked Governor Hodges for a speech he had recently made to the Kansas House of Representatives discouraging the passage of a Jim Crow law. Lowry was pleased to learn that the Governor opposed the law and that true democracy could still be found in Kansas. This particular Jim Crow law did not pass in Kansas. Many black Kansans at this time were experiencing Jim Crow laws by segregated elementary schools in first class cities and having to pay a poll tax at voting booths. Up until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s few if any changes were made to Jim Crow laws nationwide, especially in the South.
Creator: G.W. Lowry
Date: January 18, 1913
Item Number: 214816
Call Number: Governor's records, Hodges, Box 11 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214816
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Hodges, George H. (George Hartshorn)
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic
Date - 1910s - 1913
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Hodges, George Hartshorn
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Discrimination
People - Notable Kansans - Hodges, George H. (George Hartshorn), 1866-1947
Places - Cities and towns - Paola
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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