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Telegram to John F. (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document630307-031
Author
Wilkins, Roy
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
3/7/1963
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
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Author
Wilkins, Roy
Author Dates
1901-1981
Author Affiliation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Document ID
630307-031
Document Date
3/7/1963
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
Cal. 8
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
4 pp.
Dates
2/28/1963
3/6/1963
1/1963
Names
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) [United States. White House]
Travis, James
Block, Sam
Peacock, Willie
Marye, Peggy
Broome, Essie
Schutt, Wallis I. [United States. Commission on Civil Rights]
Allen, James L. [United States. Commission on Civil Rights]
Beittel, A. D. [United States. Commission on Civil Rights]
Briscoe, Robert P. [United States. Commission on Civil Rights]
Britton, Albert B. [United States. Commission on Civil Rights]
Johnson, Thomas E. [United States. Commission on Civil Rights]
Payne, Charlemagne P. [United States. Commission on Civil Rights]
Powers, George E. [United States. Commission on Civil Rights]
Organizations
United States. White House
United States. Dept. of Justice
United States. Commission on Civil Rights
Places
Washington, D.C.
Greenwood, Miss.
Jackson, Miss.
Topics
Voter registration
Federal intervention
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
Code for Location of Original
JFKWHCSF-MBJFK
Location of Original
John F. Kennedy Presidential Papers, White House Central Subject Files, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 369, folder 4
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
10/6/2014 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
8/10/2021 dalai
3/31/2022 mcweaver
Date Updated
4/25/2025 10:12:50 AM
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