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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Neer, Susan".
Susan Neer was a high school student from Saint Ann, Missouri. Her father tells her that statements about racism in the South by John Howard Griffin are exaggerated, and she asks Merton's opinion.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also published letters from Thomas Merton to "Aunt Kit" in The Road to Joy, pp.329-330.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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1963/12/12 |
HLS to Merton |
Last week-end I attended a lecture given by Dr. Griffin who wrote the book Black Like Me |
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1963/12/22 |
TL[c] from Merton |
To the best of my knowledge the story about Clyde Kennard is true, and I believe everyone is more |
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