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Letter. Frances P. Higgins to Francis Spaulding, Commissioner of Education regarding the Hempstead School Segregation Case

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Date

October 26, 1949

Description

Letter written by Frances P. Higgins to Francis Spaulding, New York State Commissioner of Education expressing her opinion about the case brought before the commissioner regarding the district boundaries for Hempstead's elementary schools and evidence of racial segregation. The author included an advertisement for the Communist Party as evidence of the party's involvement in the Hempstead case.

Type

Written Document

Region

Long Island

Era

Postwar United States

Topic

African Americans, Civil Rights, Communication, Community, Education

Repository

New York State Archives

Source

New York (State). Education Department. Office of Counsel. Appeals to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Education, and Board of Regents, 1842-1904, 1911-2011. B0496-05. Box 78. Decision No. 5407.

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