Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, December 11, 1920.

Type of event: Lynchings

Location: Minnesota; United States

Addressee: J. A. A. Burnquist

Addressor: Walter F. White

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Document type: Correspondence

Documents: Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, December 11, 1920.

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Minnesota. Governor (1915-1921: Burnquist).
Records.
Subject Files (File 648c): Duluth Lynchings, 1920.
Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, December 11, 1920.

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NATIONAL OFFICERS
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Mary White Ovington
Chairman of the Board
James Weldon Johnson,
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Walter F. White,
Assistant Secretary
J.E. Spingarn, Treasurer
Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, Director of Publications and Research
William Pickens,
Associate Field Secretary

December 11, 1920.



Honorable J.A.A. Burnquist,
State of Minnesota,
Executive Department,
St. Paul, Minn.

My dear Governor:

Thank you for your letter of December 8 regarding the report on lynchings at Duluth. I shall be glad when it is given to the press.

It is permissible, I would appreciate greatly your sending me a copy of the report.

Very truly yours,
Walter White
Assistant Secretary,


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