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This letter, from Robey Trader to Governor Schoeppel, concerns Trader's belief that expanded rights for African Americans in Kansas City, Kansas, might lead to increased racial tensions because, as Trader states, "the Negro has become so overbaring white folks can stand it no longer."
Creator: Trader, Robey
Date: September 01, 1945
Item Number: 216805
Call Number: Governor's Files, Governor Schoeppel, Box 56, Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216805
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (US_Benchmark 2) - Race and ethnic relations (Indicator 7)
Date - 1940s - 1945
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/216805