Bluford vs. Canada, Civil Action No. 42: Letter from Charles H. Houston to U.S. District Court Clerk
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Letter from plaintiff's attorney Charles H. Houston to the U.S. District Court clerk regarding Civil Action No. 42: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada. Houston writes to enclose an amended second count in the case, and notes a registered mail receipt confirming the amendmend has been also forwarded to defense attorney William Hogsett. At the time, Bluford was the managing editor of the Kansas City Call and her effort to gain admittance to the masters degree program at MU's School of Journalism, and repeated denials due to her race, lead to a a series of lawsuits that eventually reached the Missouri Supreme Court.
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April 11th 1940
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615 F Street Northwest
Washington,
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Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the National Archives at Kansas City. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the National Archives at Kansas City.
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Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009, Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1991, Lucile Bluford v. S. W. Canada
Digital Object Identifier:
NARA-42-0076
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