Race Relations and Civil Rights

Letter from U.S. District Court Clerk A. L. Arnold to attorneys William S. Hogsett, Nick T. Cave, and Rubey M. Hulen, regarding Civil Action No. 42: Lucile Bluford v. S.W. Canada, sending a copy of the Notice of Appeal filed by the plaintiff on December 5, 1940. 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.