Letter to the Topeka Board of Education
Creator: Sawyer, Daniel S.
Date: September 13, 1948
Level of Description: Item
Material Type: Manuscripts
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Lucinda Wilson Todd Coll. #825
Unit ID: 213393
Summary: This is a carbon copy of a letter dated September 13, 1948, from Daniel S. Sawyer on behalf of the Citizens Committee for Civil Rights to the Topeka Board of Education. This lengthy letter outlined efforts in 1942 to make Superintendent McFarland aware of the concerns of the Topeka branch of the NAACP related to segregated elementary schools. It then discusses current conditions in the Topeka schools. In addition, the letter voices objections to the policies of Superintendent of Negro School, Harrison Caldwell, and Superintendent of Topeka Schools, Dr. Kenneth McFarland. It references a ?supplement in regard to the achievements of Negroes? that was to be attached but was not included with this document.
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Title (Main title): Letter to the Topeka Board of Education
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Sawyer, Daniel S.
