Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1963/May/09 (#02)

Series:  1  Letters between John Howard Griffin and Thomas Merton.

Type:  other - Includes a non-correspondence item enclosed with correspondence or such an item filed with correspondence.

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# of pages:  1

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First Lines:  "Clyde Kennard's mother"

Contents:  [5"x7" b/w photo Griffin took of the mother of Clyde Kennard - Clyde was an African-American who tried to enroll in the all-white Mississippi Southern College but was unfairly framed by the state's Sovereignty Commission and sentenced to 7 years - after release in 1963, cancer left untreated in prison killed him]

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980:" Series 1:    1963/May/09 (#02)