Lillian Eugenia Smith collection, 1940-1962.

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Lillian Eugenia Smith collection, 1940-1962.

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The collection consists of the papers of Lillian Smith from 1940-1962. The papers include correspondence, printed material, and a manuscript. The correspondence is of Lillian Smith and George Leonard; printed material includes clippings and articles by or about Smith and brochures about Laurel Falls Camp; the manuscript is an unpublished speech by Smith (1962).

.75 linear ft. : (2 boxes)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6926969

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Smith, Lillian Eugenia, 1897-1966

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"Lillian Smith was one of the first prominent white southerners to denounce racial segregation openly and to work actively against the entrenched and often brutally enforced world of Jim Crow. From as early as the 1930s, she argued that Jim Crow was evil ("Segregation is spiritual lynching," she said) and that it leads to social moral retardation."--"Lillian Smith (1897-1966)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 18, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org. From the descri...

Leonard, George.

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Laurel Falls Camp.

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