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Letter from Guy H. Ranson to George M. Modlin
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Title
Letter from Guy H. Ranson to George M. Modlin
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Description
This document is a letter from Guy H. Ranson, a Southern Baptist educator, to George M. Modlin, the President of the University of Richmond, that was sent on June 14, 1954. Ranson wrote to Modlin urging him to end segregation at the university. He believed that it is "a primary principle of the Faith, that is the equality and brotherhood of all men" and, considering the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, Baptists would be ridiculed by other religions if they did not integrate. In integrated schools in states that practiced segregation, "the acceptance and compliance by students and local citizens has been surprisingly good." Southern Baptists had also begun admitting black people to all of their seminaries. Ranson believed that if the university integrated, it would "experience no injury" and "profit greatly."
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Source
Letter from Guy H. Ranson to George M. Modlin, 15 June 1954, RG 6.2.4 box 10, University Archives, Virginia Baptist Historical Society.
Date
1954-06-14
Contributor
Modlin, George Matthews, 1903-1998
Format
Language
English
Type
Identifier
UA6.2.4.10-19540615.jpg
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
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Student Contributor
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Citation
Ranson, Guy H., “Letter from Guy H. Ranson to George M. Modlin,” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed June 6, 2023, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/1914.