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A letter written by N. Sawyer of Topeka, Kansas, to Governor Henry Justin Allen. The letter expresses Sawyer's concerns about a legislative bill that proposed to create separate, segregated schools for African-American children in second and third class cities.
Creator: Sawyer, N.
Date: January 11, 1918
Item Number: 7967
Call Number: Governor's Records, Allen, correspondence
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7967
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Allen, Henry Justin
Date - 1910s - 1918
Education - Segregation and desegregation
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Allen, Henry Justin
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Discrimination - Segregation
People - Children
People - Notable Kansans - Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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