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Telegram from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 16, 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 16, 1920.
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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
16 June 1920.
RECEIVED AT 332 ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN.
A620NA 116 11 EXTRA
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NEWYOR NY 216p 16
HON J A BURNQUIST
GOVERNOR
STATE CAPITOL STPAUL MINN
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
ADVANCEMENT COLORED PEOPLE OFFERS ALL POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE IN APPREHENDING
MURDERS WHO BATTERED DOWN DOORS OF JAIL AT DULUTH LAST NIGHT AND LYNCHED THREE
NEGROES ACCUSED OF CONNECTION WITH ATTACK ON GIRL FROM-T APPREHENSION AND
RIGOROUS PUNISHMENT OF LYNCHERS OF NEGROES AND OF THE LAW OF THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA WILL HAVE WHOLESOME AND SALUTARY EFFECT THROUGHOUT NATION AS GOVERNOR
OF STATE AND PRESIDENT OF STPAUL BRANCH OF NATIONAL.
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
16 June 1920.
RECEIVED AT 332 ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL, MINN.
A620NA SHEET TWO
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ASSOCIATION ADVANCEMENT COLORED PEOPLE MAY WE URGE YOU USE EVERY POWER
AT YOUR COMMAND PREVENT FURTHER DISORDER AND ARREST LYNCHERS COMMEND ACTION
SENDING TROOPS ADVISE US IF WE CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE CAN FURNISH STAFF
INVESTIGATOR IF NEEDED
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON FIELD SECRETARY NATL ASSN
ADVANCEMENT COLORED PEOPLE SEVENTY FIFTH AVENUE NEWYORK.