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This letter from Charles W. Waddell was sent to Governor George Hodges to express his thoughts on the possible passage of a Jim Crow law in Kansas. Waddell, a Wisconsin resident and a supporter of Jim Crow, claimed that if the people of Kansas understood who the Negro was, then the law would pass with little opposition. In Waddell's letter he suggests that Governor Hodges supports the passing of the Jim Crow law. Hodges had made a speech to the Kansas House of Representatives in January of 1913 publicly discouraging the passing of any Jim Crow laws in Kansas. The Jim Crow law did not pass. Blacks in Kansas did experience discrimination from Jim Crow laws such as poll taxing and segregated elementary schools. Jim Crow laws were not officially outlawed nationwide until the mid to late 1960s.
Creator: Waddell, Charlis, W
Date: June 28, 1914
Item Number: 214817
Call Number: Governor's records, Hodges, Box 11 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214817
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Hodges, George H. (George Hartshorn)
Date - 1910s - 1913
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Blacks
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Hodges, George Hartshorn
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 - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Wisconsin
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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