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Wallace Gray, Kirk Chair of Philosophy, Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas writes Governor William Avery of Topeka concerning civil rights legislation. Mr. Gray expresses his support for legislation that would reduce discrimination of minorities at the local level. The letter describes an effort by college students to integrate the downtown barbershops of Winfield and includes a one page report on that subject. A letter from the Pre-Ministerial Club, Southwestern College, advocating civil rights legislation and the integration of the barbershops of Kansas is also included. An effort to strengthen the Kansas Act Against Discrimination in the form of a "Fair Housing Bill" (Senate Bill No. 166) was currently being considered by the legislature. Local concerns such as these reflected a national debate on civil rights reform that resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Creator: Gray, Wallace
Date: February 22, 1965
Item Number: 208207
Call Number: Governor's Records, Avery, Box 49 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208207
Business and Industry - Services - Barbershops
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Avery, William Henry
Date - 1960s - 1965
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Southwestern College
Education - Higher education - Students
Education - Higher education - Teachers/Professors
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Avery, William Henry
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Avery, William Henry, 1911-2009
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Winfield
Places - Counties - Cowley
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961 - Civil Rights Movement
Thematic Time Period - The Sixties and Vietnam, 1961 - 1975
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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