Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White, March 19, 1936
Letter
By: Eleanor Roosevelt
Date: March 19, 1936
Source: Roosevelt, Eleanor. Letter to Walter White, March 19, 1936. Reproduced as "Letter, Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White detailing the First Lady's lobbying efforts for federal action against lynchings, 19 March 1936." Words and Deeds in American History. American Memory digital primary source collection, Library of Congress. Available online at http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCI... ; website home page: http://memory.loc.gov (accessed April 20, 2003).
About the Author: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (served 1933–1945), had been involved in the settlement house movement of the Progressive Era and became a strong advocate...
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