Letter from Concerned Miami Citizen J.A. Harrold to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Begging him to Keep Schools Open, 1968

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Concerned citizen asks for schools to remain open. "I'd rather have a moral, law abiding substitute than any PHD who will take the law into his own hands..."

Harrold, Mary G.

State Archives of Florida, Series S303

1968-02-27

Florida. Department of Education (1969-1974 : Christian)

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Miami (Fla.)

Dade County (Fla.)

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Florida. Department of Education (1969-1974 : Christian)

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Christian, Floyd T., 1914-1998.

Harrold, Mary G.

928 S. W. 33 Ave. Miami, Fla. 33135 Feb. 27, 1968 Mr. Floyd Christian State Supt. of Education Tallahassee, Fla. Dear Mr. Christian, Please, please do not close our schools. Our children are just now getting back, they don't deserve to have every bit of security taken away from them. They can't stand any more of a cooling off period. The teachers are teaching more about the working of a lawless mob as they stay away from their classrooms than they ever taught from a book. Id rather have a moral, law abiding substitute than any PHD who will take the law into his own hands and try to force their ways onto our impressionable boys

and girls. Again I say please help us keep the schools open. Thank you, [Signature] Mary G. Harrold (Mrs. J. A. Harrold)