Description
Letter of encouragement from Charles Armstrong, a political organizer from Chicago, to Patricia Stephens offering congratulations on her stand against inequality and to raise funds for the cause in Tallahassee.
Creator
Armstrong, Charles
To
Due, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012
1223 E. 47th St.
Chicago 15, Illinois
March 29, 1960
Miss Patricia Stephens
Leon County Jail
Tallahassee, Florida
Dear Miss Stephens,
To you and the other students that are now wrongfully admitted to a jail, may I offer my sincere congratulations, on the stand that you have taken in fighting for equality. How the governor of Florida can sit idly by while these disgraces are being forced on you and other students bring shame to the state of Florida and this country. I only hope that you and the other students can find the courage to continue your fight. At our meeting this coming Friday I shall request that letters and funds be sent to you and the other students. I have communicated with the President of the U.S. and have requested that he personally take an interest in your being wrongfully imprisoned.
Respectfully Yours,
Charles Armstrong
Chairman Fourth Ward Citizens to Elect Joseph D. Lohman Governor of Illinois
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