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A.S. Wilson, an attorney in Galena, Kansas, writes to Governor Henry J. Allen to indicate his interest in a law that would allow second class cities to separate the schools based on "white and colored children." He included a petition with signatures with the letter.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1919-1923 : Allen)
Date: January 24, 1919
Item Number: 7976
Call Number: Governor's Records, Allen, Correspondence
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7976
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Allen, Henry Justin
Date - 1910s - 1919
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
People - Notable Kansans - Wilson, Andrew Stickel, 1847-1930
Places - Cities and towns - Galena
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Cherokee
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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