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Caption: Marker detail: Ickes and Anderson
at her Lincoln Memorial concert
Additional Description: "It is bad enough that Jim-Crowism exists in southern states, but we fail to see how the Federal Government can countenance such discrimination."
-1939 letter to Secretary Ickes pointing out the inconsistency of championing Marian Anderson but allowing National Parks to discriminate
Submitted: May 25, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p476222
File Size: 3.154 Megabytes

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