Desegregation
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Gene L. Usdin collection
Collection — Small Collections
Identifier: SC2503
Scope and Contents
The Gene L. Usdin collection contains documents related to the debate regarding public school integration in New Orleans in 1960. It contains a 2 February 1961 letter to Usdin from U.S. District Judge J. Skelly Wright regarding a school board dinner. In it, Wright writes in part: "Unquestionably, you made a great contribution toward the eventual settlement of this very difficult problem. The dinner was the first time, to my knowledge, when the moderates in this city have spoken above a...
Dates:
Created: 1961; Other: Majority of material found in 1961; Other: Date acquired: 08/22/1998
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Gene L. Usdin collection