Letters, 1937-1959

Letters (1937, 1949, 1950's) to and from J. Arthur Brown on matters that deal with J.A.B.'s fight for African Americans in the civil rights struggle. Correspondence includes letters (1954) from Judge J. Waties Waring on their personal relationship; letters (1955) to the NAACP asking for legal assistance including for a black minor accused of rape; letters (1957-1958) regarding an NAACP effort to organize local churches; photocopy of a letter (1955) from Thurgood Marshall about false NAACP press releases; a letter (1957) on White House stationery about J.A.B.'s comments on Federal action during the "Arkansas situation"; a handwritten letter (1956) from Septima Clark which, seeks legal assistance from the NAACP for students dismissed from S.C. State College without reason and their tenuous situation with scholarships; a letter (1959) from I. DeQuincey Newman inviting J.A.B. to a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to represent the NAACP of SC; a letter (1959) from News and Courier editor Tom Waring responding to calls for an African-American journalist on his staff and for more coverage of local African-American news. Other letters deal with business and real estate matters.