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Robert F. Kennedy Civil Rights Letter

 Collection
Identifier: M519
Scope and Contents

An unsigned, one-page letter to U.S. Attorney General Robert F. “Bob” Kennedy from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It appears that a local white woman wrote the letter. The letter describes the Freedom Riders and other civil rights activists negatively and criticizes the federal government for interfering in the Southern way of life.

Dates: June 5, 1961

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  • Subject: Forrest County (Miss.) X
  • Names: Kennedy, Robert F., United States Attorney General, Senator (Robert Francis Bobby), 1925-1968 X