Letter from Quill E. Cope to Everett Derryberry

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Letter from Quill E. Cope to Everett Derryberry

Letter from the Chairman of the Tennessee State Board of Education to Tennessee Polytechnic Institute President Everett Derryberry ordering the college to admit "all qualified graduate students who make application to your institution, without regard to race" to comply with Judge Marion S. Boyd's ruling in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee.

title: Letter from Quill E. Cope to Everett Derryberry

creator: Cope, Quill E.

creator: Tennessee. State Board of Education

subject: Segregation

subject: Boyd, Marion Speed

subject: United States. District Court (Tennessee : Western District)

subject: Tennessee Technological University

subject: Derryberry, William Everett, 1906-1991

subject: African American graduate students

description: Letter from the Chairman of the Tennessee State Board of Education to Tennessee Polytechnic Institute President Everett Derryberry ordering the college to admit "all qualified graduate students who make application to your institution, without regard to race" to comply with Judge Marion S. Boyd's ruling in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee.

publisher: Tennessee Technological University. Archives and Special Collections

date: 1955-11-23

type: Text

format: pdf

identifier: RG9_b100f3_001

source: Records of the President

language: eng

temporal: 1950s

spatial: Cookeville (Tenn.)

rights: In Copyright

rights Holder: State of Tennessee

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