District of Columbia Branch
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
1417 You Street, N. W.
Adams 2-2320 - 2321
Washington 9, D. C.
Dr. E. Franklin Jackson
President
Atty. H. Carl Moultrie, I
1st Vice President
Charles N. Mason, Jr.
2nd Vice President
Mrs. Mildred W. Pitt
Secretary
Mrs. Jean Knorl
Assistant Secretary
Leon S. Calhoun
Treasurer
Executive Committee
Miss Jeanne Anderson
Joseph A. Bravers
Rev. Charles C. Beckett
Evelyn O. Chisley
William B. Cooke
Mrs. Marian S. Cowan
Atty. Thurman L. Dodson
Atty. Verginald Dolphin
Tilford E. Dudley
Atty. E. Lewis Ferrell
Raymond L. Furbey
Atty. Roy Garvin
Phaon Goldman
Joseph H. Green, Sr.
Atty. Robert J. Harlan
Mrs. Patricia R. Harris
Mrs. Alma C. Hawkins
Mrs. Elizabeth Hinton
Julis W. Hobson
Rev. Robert P. Johnson
Dr. Jesse A. Keene
Dr. Ellis O. Knox.
Mrs. Andrea B. Maddox
Dr. Matthew Mitchell
Robert E. Moore
Mrs. Beulah J. Murphy
Atty. Leslie S. Perry
Atty. Frank D. Reeves
Mrs. Alma A. Snowden
Mrs. More D. Tolbert
Rev. Charles C. Webber
Bishop Smallwood E. Williams
Ms. Vivienne R. Chisholm
Administrative Assistant
June 6, 1960
Misses Patricia & Priscilla Stephens
749 SW Ave. 'C'
Belle Glade, Fla.
Howdy Jitterbugs:
Hope your trip home was safe and that all goes well in your family. Certainly enjoyed knowing you all during that week and that final party topped it off for me and I might safely assume for you too as well (smile).
It seems fitting and proper, what with student demonstrations taking place all over our great nation to remind us of our dedication to the ideal of Freedom for all men, that we here in the Nation's Capital mark America's Independence Day (July 4th) with a tribute to youth leaders. It is our fervent hope that enough leaders of 'sit-in' demonstrations can come to Washington DC the [weekend] of July 1st to make this possible.
Plans are only tentative at this point and their formalization depends in part on
1. whether or not you can participate
2. whether or not funds are available to help subsidize your transportation, lodging etc. (We have some funds but not enough to pay all the bills for everybody)
3. your rapid reply to the above queries
We sincerely hope that you may find it possible to help make this year's Fourth of July oratory truly meaningful to that segment of the American population that is yearning so earnestly for "FREEDOM NOW".
Ezell, Bernard, etc expect to come up for this as [there] should be big doings. Please try to be available. Priscilla I will try to get extra fellows lined up starting now. (smile)
As ever,
[Signature] Phaon
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