Letter from W. Lester Banks, January 1961

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Title

Letter from W. Lester Banks, January 1961

Description

Letter to Branch Presidents and Secretaries from W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, Virginia NAACP, dated January 16, 1961. Discusses the efforts to desegregate schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, the cost for the legal fights and educating African American students while public schools were closed, and asks for donations to defray those costs.

Creator

W. Lester Banks

Source

RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx

Date

1961-01-16

Rights

This image is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the images in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited.

Format

pdf

Identifier

18_1_1_8_74

Coverage

1960s

Files

Citation

W. Lester Banks, “Letter from W. Lester Banks, January 1961,” Project DAPS, accessed October 2, 2026, https://projectdaps.org/items/show/1001.