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In this letter, from A.L. Foster of the Chicago Urban League to the manager of Kelly's Hotel in Iola, Kansas, details Foster's experiences at the hotel in the winter of 1945. Foster, a passenger on a bus from Ft. Scott to Wichita, was asked to sit in the rear section of the restaurant solely because he was an African American.
Creator: Foster, A.L.
Date: March 09, 1945
Item Number: 216806
Call Number: Governor's Files, Governor Andrew Schoeppel, Box 56, Folder 5.
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216806
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 - Iola
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Allen
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Illinois
Places - Other States - Illinois - Chicago
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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