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Postcard from Mary Phillips, with postmark from Lemont, Illinois, to Patricia Stephens mentioning that she had seen Stephens' article in the CORE-lator and telling Stephens that her actions are changing the world.

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Phillips, Mary

To

Due, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012

Date

1960-04-22

Subjects

CORE-lator (periodical)
Civil rights movements--Public opinion
Leon County Jail (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Mass media and race relations
Solidarity

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Lemont (Ill.)
Tallahassee
Leon County

[Image of children at peace garden.]

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Postcard from Mary Phillips to Patricia Stephens, April 22, 1960

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Civil rights movements--Public opinion

Solidarity

Mass media and race relations

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Phillips, Mary

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State Archives of Florida, Collection N2015-1

Date

1960-04-22

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postcards

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eng-US

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Text

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n2015-1_b001_f11_39

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

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[Image of children at peace garden.]

PEACE GARDEN HARVEST

Flowers grown from seeds of many lands received by mail through the Peace and Friendship Flower Seed Exchange program.

Photographed by Catherine McQuarrie in the PEACE GARDEN of MARY PHILLIPS

Route 1 - LEMONT, ILLINOIS, USA-UN from whom additional cards are obtainable: 10 for 50c, 25 for $1.00, 100 for $3.00

(This is No.2 of 2 cards)

APR 22 1960

Dear Patricia,

Your article in the April issue - just received - of CORE-LATOR is splendid. Brief, but informative.

Your demonstration of righteous indignation is helping change the world for the better. Now if peace workers show the same courage as those in England maybe the world will last.

Sincerely, Mary Phillips

POSTCARD

Miss Patricia Stephens

c/o Leon County Jail

Tallahassee, Florida

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CORE-lator (periodical)

Leon County Jail (Tallahassee, Fla.)

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Lemont (Ill.)

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

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Due, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012

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Phillips, Mary. Postcard from Mary Phillips to Patricia Stephens, April 22, 1960. 1960-04-22. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331150>, accessed 16 May 2025.

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Phillips, Mary. Postcard from Mary Phillips to Patricia Stephens, April 22, 1960. 1960-04-22. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 16 May. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331150>

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