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Memo to J. Edgar (John Edgar) Hoover

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document630612-085
Author
Special Agent in Charge, Memphis, Tenn.
Place Written
Memphis, Tenn.
Document Date
6/12/1963
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
Special Agent in Charge, Memphis, Tenn.
Author Affiliation
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Document ID
630612-085
Document Date
6/12/1963
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Letter
Status
Cal. 8
Place Written
Memphis, Tenn.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
6 pp.
Dates
6/9/1963
6/10/1963
6/11/1963
6/13/1963
Names
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) [United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation]
Herrod, Thomas [Winona (Miss.). Police Dept.]
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Ponder, Annell
Johnson, June
Simpson, Euvester
Freeman, Rosemary
Young, Andrew [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
West, James
Guyot, Lawrence
Billingsley, Thomas H. [Winona (Miss.). Office of the Mayor]
Patridge, E. W. [Montgomery County (Miss.). Sheriff's Office]
Peacock, James A.
Hancock, Milton H. [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)]
Washington, Ourdey B.
Evers, Medgar Wiley
Organizations
Winona (Miss.). Police Dept.
Montgomery County (Miss.). County Jail
Staley's Cafe (Winona, Miss.)
Trailways Bus Station (Winona, Miss.)
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Winona (Miss.). Municipal Court
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Winona (Miss.). Office of the Mayor
Montgomery County (Miss.). Sheriff's Office
Carroll County (Miss.). County Jail
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Places
Jackson, Miss.
Winona, Miss.
Carrollton, Miss.
Topics
Police - Complaints against
Segregation in transportation
racism
Arrest
Code for Location of Original
FLHFBI-DJ
Location of Original
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation: Fannie Lou Hamer File, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Location of Original - Detail
Bureau File 44-HQ-22262-34
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
6/28/2017 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
8/20/2026 dalai
Date Updated
8/20/2026 9:08:41 AM
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