Description
Letter from Harry A. Bailey Jr., a student at the University of Kansas, to Ira Robinson, president of the Student Government Association, asking Robinson to praise the eight jailed students for their activism and wish them "Godspeed in all your endeavors!"
Creator
Bailey, Harry A., Jr.
Subjects
African Americans--Civil rightsBroxton, BarbaraBroxton, JohnCarney, ClementCivil rights movements--Public opinionDue, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Student Government AssociationKruize, Priscilla Stephens, 1938-Larkins, WilliamNance, AngelaSolidaritySteele, Henry MarionUniversity of Kansas
Building Eight, Apartment Eight
Stouffer Place
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
March 14, 1960
Mr. Ira Robinson, President
Student Government Association
Florida A and M University
Tallahassee, Florida
Dear Mr. Robinson:
Please convey my heartfelt sympathies and humble gratitude to those Florida A and M Students who sacrificed themselves for the cause of equality. It takes a real measure of courage and guts to face what are now overwhelming odds.
The pathetic and dire thing about this whole situation is that the Southern arm of the law mitigates legally against us.
No sacrifice is too great; however, for though democracy and equality, for us, is still one big farce (the master joke), the inevitable and immutable course of history ordains equality.
I wish each of you Godspeed in all of your endeavors!
Yours for FAMU,
Harry A. Bailey, Jr.
Chicago Manual of Style
Bailey, Harry A., Jr. Letter from Harry A. Bailey Jr. to Ira Robinson, March 14, 1960. 1960-03-14. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/329140>, accessed 28 November 2024.
MLA
Bailey, Harry A., Jr. Letter from Harry A. Bailey Jr. to Ira Robinson, March 14, 1960. 1960-03-14. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/329140>
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(State Archives of Florida/Bailey)
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