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In this letter to Senator Capper, Walter White, Secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), thanks Capper for his support of African Americans via the Anti-Lynching Bill then in Congress. White then proceeds to criticize both Democrats and Republicans for their narrow-minded views toward African Americans.
Creator: White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955
Date: October 06, 1938
This item can be used to provide students with some insight into race and ethnic relations in the United States during the late 1930s.
11th Grade, Benchmark 2, Race and ethnic relations (indicator 7)
Item Number: 217567
Call Number: Collection 12, Box 16, Folder: Negroes
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217567
Collections - Manuscript - Capper, Arthur
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (US_Benchmark 2) - Race and ethnic relations (Indicator 7)
Date - 1930s - 1938
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - Senate - Capper, Arthur
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans
People - Notable Kansans - Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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