Letter (5/15/63) from Roy Wilkins to JFK regarding Prince Edward County, Virginia, where public schools had been closed since 1959 to avoid complying with desegregation orders following the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. (2 pages)
May 15, 1963
Letter dated May 15, 1963 from Roy Wilkins to the President regarding Prince Edward County, Virginia, where public schools had been closed since 1959 to avoid complying with desegregation orders following the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
Page 1 of 2.
May 15, 1963
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Public domain
Letter dated May 15, 1963 from Roy Wilkins to the President regarding Prince Edward County, Virginia, where public schools had been closed since 1959 to avoid complying with desegregation orders following the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
Page 2 of 2.
May 15, 1963
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Public domain