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Letter "Attention to Student Petition in The Collegian"
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Title
Letter "Attention to Student Petition in The Collegian"
Subject
Description
This letter was left for President Boatwright from May Keller. She seeks to draw Boatwright's attention to a article clipped from the Collegian. She dated it the same day as the petition "We the Students" was published in the Collegian. Keller told Boatwright that "it definitely needs your attention and that of the Board." She claimed that a Miss Lucas and the Y.M.C.A. do not "not agree" nor do they see "reason for [her] stand." Keller admonished Boatwright to clarify race relations, because the Y.M.C.A., Miss Lucas, and the students' teachers had "been taught for years" to "believe in total race equality."
Creator
Source
Keller, May. "My Dear President Boatwright." (March 8, 1944). Boatwright Memorial Library, Presidential Correspondence of Frederic W. Boatwright, 1910-1946. http://dlxs.richmond.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sort=fwb_fr;rgn1=ic_all;c=fwb;back=back1490382071;quality=1;view=entry;resnum=5412;q1=fwb;cc=fwb;entryid=x-0005153;viewid=FWB6044.1944.035.001.JP2;evl=full-image
Date
1944-03-08
Format
Language
English
Type
Identifier
DSLX_Boatwright_19440208.jpg
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
Text Item Type Metadata
Student Contributor
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Citation
Keller, May, “Letter "Attention to Student Petition in The Collegian",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed February 15, 2025, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/517.