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    Envelope for letter from H.W. Sewing for Daisy Bates Trust Fund

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Issued by
    Douglass State Bank, American, 1947 - 1983
    Signed by
    Sewing, Henry Warren, American, born 1891
    Subject of
    Rev. Stokes, Volley V. K., American, ca. 1889 - 1961
    Trinity Baptist Church, American, founded 1888
    Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
    Rev. Henderson, I. H. Sr., American, died 1985
    Arkansas State Press, American, 1941 - 1959; 1984 - 1997
    Date
    Feb 17, 1960
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 4 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (10.6 × 24.1 cm)
    Caption
    Daisy Bates led the NAACP branch in Arkansas and was in charge of the Little Rock school integration. Bates worked to organize a safe integration process and mentored the first students, known as the Little Rock Nine. Due to intense protests, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Arkansas National Guard to ensure that the school integration could proceed. Protestors and advertisers boycotted the Arkansas State Press, an activist newspaper owned by Daisy and her husband Lucius Christopher Bates. The Bates suffered financial difficulties due to their outspoken integration efforts. The “Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund” was set up to provide much needed funds to the Bates.
    Trigg Mary K. and Alison R. Bernstein, eds. Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Social Movements. New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2016.
    Description
    Envelope for a letter from the Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund. The envelope has [D F Daisy / The DOUGLASS / STATE / BANK] in blank text in the upper left from Kansas City, Kansas. The center of the envelope has printed text which reads [Rev. V.K. Stokes / Trinity Baptist Church / 1526 McCullob [sic] St. / Baltimore, Md.]. There are three stamps in blue ink along the top, one for auto loans and two postage marks. The adhesive on the back envelope flap has yellowed.
    Place made
    Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
    Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    envelopes
    Topic
    Activism
    Business
    Civil rights
    Correspondence
    Journalism
    Religious groups
    Resistance
    U.S. History, 1953-1961
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
    Object number
    2017.14.5b
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd554227899-4c39-4184-829e-5758e0bb875e
  • Letter from H.W. Sewing for Daisy Bates Trust Fund

    Created by
    Sewing, Henry Warren, American, born 1891
    Subject of
    Douglass State Bank, American, 1947 - 1983
    Rev. Stokes, Volley V. K., American, ca. 1889 - 1961
    Trinity Baptist Church, American, founded 1888
    Bates, Daisy, American, 1914 - 1999
    Rev. Henderson, I. H. Sr., American, died 1985
    Signed by
    Sewing, Henry Warren, American, born 1891
    Subject of
    Arkansas State Press, American, 1941 - 1959; 1984 - 1997
    Date
    Feb 16, 1960
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 10 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (27.6 × 21.6 cm)
    Caption
    Daisy Bates led the NAACP branch in Arkansas and was in charge of the Little Rock school integration. Bates worked to organize a safe integration process and mentored the first students, known as the Little Rock Nine. Due to intense protests, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Arkansas National Guard to ensure that the school integration could proceed. Protestors and advertisers boycotted the Arkansas State Press, an activist newspaper owned by Daisy and her husband Lucius Christopher Bates. The Bates suffered financial difficulties due to their outspoken integration efforts. The “Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund” was set up to provide much needed funds to the Bates.
    Trigg Mary K. and Alison R. Bernstein, eds. Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Social Movements. New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2016.
    Description
    Letter from the Dollars for Daisy Bates Trust Fund. The letter is printed in black ink on Douglass State Bank letterhead. It is addressed to Rev. V. K. stokes and begins [Dear Brother Pastor: / Doubtless, you have already read some of the many news releases concerning the nation-wide effort to give assistance to Daisy Bates and her husband to liquidate heavy indebtedness, due to the forced closing down of their newspaper business]. The letter requests contributions before the end of the fundraising campaign for the Daisy Bates Trust Fund. H.W. Sewing, Treasurer of the Fund and President of the Douglass State Bank, signed the letter. There is a postscript at the bottom of the page which begins [P.S.- Rev. Stokes: Will you stress the courage of Mrs. Bates and ask your members if we as Negroes should let these freedom fighters lose all they have fighting in Little Rock for first class citizenship for the Negro?...]. The paper has a Douglass State Bank watermark. The reverse is blank.
    Place made
    Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
    Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Documents and Published Materials
    Type
    letters (correspondence)
    Topic
    Activism
    Business
    Civil rights
    Correspondence
    Journalism
    Religious groups
    Resistance
    U.S. History, 1953-1961
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
    Object number
    2017.14.5a
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c0893da1-e302-41c6-a543-c6305b984b80
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