Letter to JFK

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Met Council on Housing letter to JFK regarding the violence in Birmingham (1963).

Met Council on Housing letter to JFK regarding the violence in Birmingham (1963).

Description: First page of a letter from Jane Benedict, on behalf of the Met Council on Housing, to then-President John F. Kennedy demanding action regarding the violence faced by civil rights activists in Birmingham, Alabama.

Date: May 22, 1963

Creator: Jane Benedict

Original Format: Black and White photocopy, 8.5 x 11 inches

Citation: Metropolitan Council on Housing Records, Box 30, Folder 1, Tamiment Library and Wagner Labor Archive. Digital ID=tam173_ref559_000005d

 

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