Letter from John M. Brooks to Medgar W. Evers, May 20, 1958 [carbon copy]

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VCU_M296 Box 2 fMississippi_John Brooks letter to Medgar Evers carbon May 20 1958 rsz.jpg

Title

Letter from John M. Brooks to Medgar W. Evers, May 20, 1958 [carbon copy]

Description

Carbon copy of letter from John M. Brooks, Director of Voter Registration, Virginia NAACP to Medgar W. Evers, Field Secretary, Mississippi NAACP. Sent 20 May 1958 in response to Evers' letter of 15 May 1958. 

Text: 

Mr. Medgar W. Evers 
1072 Lynch Street 
Jackson, Mississippi 

Dear Medgar: 

Your letter was a real pick up for me...keep up the good work. I am sending a letter of congratulations to the Meridian group from this office. 

I hope your Jackson meeting will be as good as the one in Meridian. Don't fail to call on me for any help needed. 

Sincerely yours,
John M. Brooks 
NAACP Registration Director

JMB/eww

Creator

Brooks, John M.

Source

M 296, Box 2, John Mitchell Brooks Collection of NAACP Files 1957-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

Date

20 May 1958

Contributor

Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

Rights

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Notes

Learn more: 
Medgar Evers, SNCC Digital Gateway

Citation

Brooks, John M. , “Letter from John M. Brooks to Medgar W. Evers, May 20, 1958 [carbon copy],” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed November 11, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/471.