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Letter from Dorothy Johnson to Patricia Stephens praising Stephen's courage and stating the she attended a CORE institute in Miami the summer before.

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Johnson, Dorothy

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Due, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012

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1960-04-22

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Bodan, Susan
Civil rights movements--Public opinion
Concord Public Library (Mass.)
Congress of Racial Equality
Social justice--Religious aspects
Solidarity
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Williams, Vera Mae

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Concord (Mass.)
Miami
Miami-Dade County

A simple prayer for our day

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, where there is hatred.

Let me sow love, where there is injury; pardon, where there is doubt; faith, where there is despair; hope, where there is darkness; light, where there is sadness; joy.

St. Francis

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Letter from Dorothy Johnson to Patricia Stephens, April 22, 1960

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Social justice--Religious aspects

Solidarity

Civil rights movements--Public opinion

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Letter from Dorothy Johnson to Patricia Stephens praising Stephen's courage and stating the she attended a CORE institute in Miami the summer before.

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Johnson, Dorothy

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State Archives of Florida, Collection N2015-1

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1960-04-22

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eng-US

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

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A simple prayer for our day

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, where there is hatred.

Let me sow love, where there is injury; pardon, where there is doubt; faith, where there is despair; hope, where there is darkness; light, where there is sadness; joy.

St. Francis

Concord Public Library

Concord, Mass -

4-22-60

Dearest Pat,

God bless you again for your great courage.

I was with the institute in Miami last summer. I roomed at the end of the hall with Vera Mae Williams + Susan Bodan. I formerly lived in Florida.

I've been in Mass - since March 1st at their library- formerly lived in Florida. Belong to a Fair Housing Committee here in Mass. If I can do anything for you. please let me know.

Love, Dorothy Johnson.

Miss Patricia Stephens

Jail

Tallahassee, Fla.

If no longer there, please forward to Fla A. + M. Uni.

I met her at institute in Miami. She was a teacher in Orlando then but has been in Mass. since Mon.

Mrs. Dorothy Johnson

Concord Public Library

Concord, Mass.

Subject - Corporate

Concord Public Library (Mass.)

Congress of Racial Equality

Subject - Person

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Williams, Vera Mae

Bodan, Susan

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Concord (Mass.)

Miami (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

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Due, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012

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Johnson, Dorothy. Letter from Dorothy Johnson to Patricia Stephens, April 22, 1960. 1960-04-22. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331151>, accessed 16 May 2025.

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Johnson, Dorothy. Letter from Dorothy Johnson 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/331151>

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(State Archives of Florida/Johnson)

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