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This 27, 1956 letter from Edward F. Burrows to Greensboro public school superintendent, Benjamin L. Smith, commends Smith for his support of school desegregation. Burrows writes that he has yet to decide how to vote on the Pearsall Plan, but thinks it would allow for desegregation of schools, and thanks Smith for his clarifying statement.

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Title
Letter from Edward F. Burrows to Benjamin L. Smith
Date
1956-08-27
Date (Text)
1956-08-27
Object ID
Duke_RL.01210.0980
Subject Headings
Segregation in education--United States
Race relations
Topics
North Carolina
Primary and secondary education
School desegregation, 1954-1958
African-American History
Geographic Coverage
Greensboro (N.C.)
Contributing Institution
Duke University
Type
Text
Format
correspondence
Language
English
Archive
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University; Benjamin Lee Smith Papers
Funding Information
LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
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(http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/) COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
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