Letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from Mary McGwin Anderson In Favor of School Integration

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THEREBY THEIR PREJUDICE CITIZENS WHO ARE MUCH MORE TO BE PITIED THAN CONDEMNED IGNORANCE IS OUR WORST ENEMY IN CHICAGO OUR MOST ARISTOCRATIC PRIVATE SCHOOL THE FRANCIS PARKER SOLICITS BOTH COLORED CHILDREN AND COLORED TEACHERS NOT so MUCH FOR THE GOOD OF THE COLORED CHILDREN AS TO EDUCATE THEIR OWN CHILDREN IN TOLERANCE AND RESPECT FOR PEOPLE OF OTHER RACES WITH WHOM THEY LIVE. UNTIL NOW I HAVE BEEN A DEMOCRAT BUT IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THIS IGNORANT MAJORITY IN THE SOUTH WHO GIVES A BLACK NAME TO OUR COUNTRY ABROAD I SHALL VOTE REPUBLICAN PRAYERFULLY YOURS miss MARY MCGWIN ANDERSON 5946 SOUTH PKWY. 10700