Thomas Jenkins Pearsall papers, 1954-1979 [manuscript].

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Thomas Jenkins Pearsall papers, 1954-1979 [manuscript].

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Correspondence concerning school integration, higher education (especially the University of North Carolina), and the Roanoke Island Historical Association; committee reports; speeches; clippings; and other items documenting the public career of Thomas Jenkins Pearsall. Correspondence includes letters from North Carolinians reacting to the Supreme Court's 1954 school desegregation decision and letters from Southern governors, state attorneys-general, and others about school desegregation in the 1950s.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Roanoke Island Historical Association

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Pearsall, Thomas J. (Thomas Jenkins), 1903-1981

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Thomas J. Pearsall was an attorney of Rocky Mount, N.C., who was the chief author of the 1956 Pearsall Plan for school integration in North Carolina and chairman of the board of the Roanoke Island Historical Association, 1975-1981. From the description of Thomas Jenkins Pearsall papers, 1954-1979 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25814074 Thomas Jenkins Pearsall was born on 11 February 1903 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Braswell and lived ...