An Open Letter to the People of Lynchburg

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Identifier: JMLPAM.OpenLetter
Barcode: JMLPAM.OpenLetter
Source Identifier: 687
Title: An Open Letter to the People of Lynchburg
Published Volume: Blackwell Press
Description: Scanned image of a Spring 2004 reproduction of An Open Letter to the People of Lynchburg dated 27 April 1967. The letter protests the policies of the Lynchburg newspapers to exclude news coverage of Dunbar High School and to exclude announcements of deaths and funeral arrangements for Negro citizens.
The open letter was signed by several members of the Jones Memorial Library board of trustees at the time, including the board president Robert C. Watts, Jr. and members Charles G. Baber, B.C. Baldwin, Jr., C.R. Pettyjohn, and James R. Gilliam, Jr.
Date: 2004; 27 April 1967
Creator: Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce
Subject: Newspapers; racial discrimination
topic: 1967; 2004; B C Baldwin Jr.; C R Pettyjohn; Charles G Baber; Civil Rights movement; Dunbar High School; James R Gilliam Jr; Jones Memorial Library; Jones Memorial Library Board of Trustees; Letters; newspapers; racial discrimination; Robert C Watts Jr; trustees
Digital Format: application/pdf
Language: English
Repository: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Rights Holder: George M. Jones Library Association