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Brown v. Board of Education: Virginia Responds
An Exhibition at the Library of Virginia
Originally Displayed December 2003—June 2004.
 
Brown v. Board of Education Documents: Virginians Respond — Miscellaneous

Letter from an unknown correspondent to Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Richmond. Undated. Office of the Governor, Thomas B. Stanley Papers. Virginia’s African Americans were angry with Governor Stanley’s anti-integration position. In a strongly worded letter, the unknown author wrote that "You Governors should be a model for so many other ignorant souls … you can’t be much of a leader from any stand point."

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Letter from an unknown correspondent to Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Richmond. Undated. Office of the Governor, Thomas B. Stanley Papers. Virginias African Americans were angry with Governor Stanleys anti-integration position. In a strongly worded letter, the unknown author wrote that "You Governors should be a model for so many other ignorant souls … you cant be much of a leader from any stand point."
Letter from an unknown correspondent to Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Richmond. Undated. Office of the Governor, Thomas B. Stanley Papers. Virginias African Americans were angry with Governor Stanleys anti-integration position. In a strongly worded letter, the unknown author wrote that "You Governors should be a model for so many other ignorant souls … you cant be much of a leader from any stand point."
Letter from an unknown correspondent to Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Richmond. Undated. Office of the Governor, Thomas B. Stanley Papers. Virginias African Americans were angry with Governor Stanleys anti-integration position. In a strongly worded letter, the unknown author wrote that "You Governors should be a model for so many other ignorant souls … you cant be much of a leader from any stand point."
Letter from an unknown correspondent to Governor Thomas B. Stanley, Richmond. Undated. Office of the Governor, Thomas B. Stanley Papers. Virginias African Americans were angry with Governor Stanleys anti-integration position. In a strongly worded letter, the unknown author wrote that "You Governors should be a model for so many other ignorant souls … you cant be much of a leader from any stand point."

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