Letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from Twelve Year Old Marilyn Albertson In Favor of School Integration
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10/14
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Dear
I am a twelve yearoldginilin the 6 th
grade of saint michael's School D heard aboutyou
receiving letters saying your doing wrong bymixing
white and negrochildrenin Little Rock, arkansor
school. Dam hoping you will have time toread my
letter. Iam rightwith you our the subjected think
the people in Little Rock should be ashamed of
themselves. of they say they better than the
negros, it is the same assaying, "I don't belive
in God. "I havea friend who is a negro and to
me heisa moreloyalfriend than myown kind.
These peoplewho sayer. are wrong oughk to look
back to the Decration of Independence, and the
Constitution of the United States of they even
read the papers they willnotice that most of the
sins in the worldare being committed by their
our kind. I knowfam to young to help you fights
but there is one thing Ican do, and that is praying
and making sacrafices. I am doing both sister
many Danielof the 6 th Agrade gave me the idea
to write to you. and tell you how fell about
this hope I have not spoken outoforder. D
willsayas many prayerson Ican, and
so will the whole 6 the grade children.
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