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Letters to the editor

The Brownies’ Book, April 1920, letters from readers
Newspaper clipping

“Race Intelligence”
Pie chart showing the percent of classes of "inmates" at state institutions

Chart of Inmates in the State Institutions
A painting of two Black women, one resting her chin inside a clasped hand and the other holding a notebook. They both look directly at the viewer.

“Two Public School Teachers”
Notice to porters and maids about organizing labor rallies

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Rally Posters
Map showing the spatial segregation of the White and Black populations in upper Manhattan

Wadleigh’s School Zone
Report cover

Mayor LaGuardia’s Commission on the Harlem Riot
Newspaper clipping

Hotel Pennsylvania Meeting Learns of Harlem School Ills
Diagram of school housing program, committees and their activities overlaid on a map of Manhattan

The Role of the School in a Housing Program for the Community
A group of Black and white children sit on steps beside a large stack of paper, making "V" signs with their hands and holding campaign signs

Children participating in a public campaign
Students lined up for a group photo in front of a "Club Borinquen Benjamin Franklin H.S." banner

Club Borinquen
Newspaper clipping

Jim Crow School Kids as Mentally Unfit
Hand-drawn cover of a newsletter that shows a boy kneeling and praying next to his bed

NAACP Youth Council News Bulletin
Booklet cover page

Your Child and Willowbrook
Parent activists pose in front of a billboard that reads, "Retarded Children Can be Helped! They need Research, Schools, Clinics. Give to the Association for the Help of Retarded Children

AHRC First Fundraising Billboard
A white middle-aged man and his son are seated, holding drinking glasses, and looking at each other. The father has his arm around his son, and both are smiling.

We Kept Our Retarded Child At Home
Hand-drawn survey with questions about public school quality

Check Your School!
Report introduction page

Commission on Integration, Subcommittee on Zoning Draft Report
Flyer calling for the resignation of William Jansen, Superintendent of Schools

Jansen Must Go!
Camp Jened - Real Camping for the Handicapped

Camp Jened - Real Camping for the Handicapped
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