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Letter from Adeline Pitts to Patricia Stephens telling how proud she is of Stephens' fight for freedom.

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Pitts, Adeline

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Due, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012

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1960-03-30

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Chicago Defender (firm)
Civil disobedience
Civil rights movements--Public opinion
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
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Chicago (Ill.)

March 30, 1960

Dear Miss Stephens,

I was reading my Defender newspaper the other night + I ran across a letter that you had written to a friend in Jackie Robinson's column.

I can't tell you how very proud I am of you - and all of the other wonderful young people that are fighting with you. I say "fighting"

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Letter from Adeline Pitts to Patricia Stephens, March 30, 1960

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Civil rights movements--Public opinion

Solidarity

Civil disobedience

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Letter from Adeline Pitts to Patricia Stephens telling how proud she is of Stephens' fight for freedom.

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Pitts, Adeline

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State Archives of Florida, Collection N2015-1

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1960-03-30

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letters (correspondence)

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eng-US

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

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March 30, 1960

Dear Miss Stephens,

I was reading my Defender newspaper the other night + I ran across a letter that you had written to a friend in Jackie Robinson's column.

I can't tell you how very proud I am of you - and all of the other wonderful young people that are fighting with you. I say "fighting"

because it was a fight [sic] - to freedom - + a just cause that we will surely win - with God's help.

My prayers are with you - you + your friends make me so proud to be a negro.

Sincerely,

(Mrs) Adeline Pitts

7705 Indiana Ave.

Chicago, Ill.

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Chicago Defender (firm)

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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

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Chicago (Ill.)

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Due, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012

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Pitts, Adeline. Letter from Adeline Pitts to Patricia Stephens, March 30, 1960. 1960-03-30. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331086>, accessed 1 August 2025.

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Pitts, Adeline. Letter from Adeline Pitts to Patricia Stephens, March 30, 1960. 1960-03-30. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331086>

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