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Telegram from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 17, 1920.
Type of event: Lynchings
Location: Minnesota; United States
Addressee: J. A. A. Burnquist
Addressor: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Document date:
Document type: Correspondence
Citation:
Minnesota. Governor (1915-1921: Burnquist).
Records.
Subject Files (File 648c): Duluth Lynchings, 1920.
Telegram from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to J. A. A. Burnquist,
June 17, 1920.
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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
17 June 1920.
RECEIVED AT 332 ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN.
A666NA 94 NL 7
EX
SD NEWYOR NY 17
HON J A BURNQUIST
STATE CAPITOL
STPAUL MINN
PRESS DESPATCHES [sic] OF TODAY STATE THAT SPECIAL GRAND JURY
AT DULUTH
ORDERED BY JUDGES ELEVENTH DISTRICT IS ASKED ESPECIALLY TO RETURN
INDICTIMENTS AGAINST SEVERAL OF FOURTEEN NEGROES HELD FOR ASSAULT ON WHITE GIRL
LAST MONDAY IF NEGROES ARE FOUND GUILTY AFTER IMPARTIAL HEARING THEY SHOULD BE
INDICTED BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ARREST INDICT AND CONVICT LYNCHERS WHO
BROKE NOT ONE LAW ALONE BUT FLOUTED ALL LAW WILL YOU
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
17 June 1920.
RECEIVED AT 332 ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN.
A66YNA SHEET
TWO
NOT USE INFLUENCE TO SECURE SEARCHING INVESTIGATION AND VIGOROUS
PROSECUTION OF LYNCHERS WHO HAVE DISGRACED MINNESOTA
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
FIELD SECRETARY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ADVANCEMENT COLOR PEOPLE.