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John Lewis Letters

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Copyright: Public domain
Credit: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. Papers of John F. Kennedy, Presidential Papers, White House Central File, Subject File
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Four pages of correspondence from John Lewis to the White House on civil rights issues

Pages 1, 2, and 3. Telegram (9/22/61) from John Lewis appealing to the President on behalf of fourteen students from Tennessee A & I University jailed in Mississippi. (3 pages) 

Page 4. Telegram (8/20/63) from John Lewis to President Kennedy requesting investigation of shooting in Americus, Georgia (1 page)