Jasper Alston Atkins papers, 1932-1959.

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Jasper Alston Atkins papers, 1932-1959.

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Materials include audiocassette of Atkins' argument before the U.S. Supreme Court, 21 Oct. 1959; letter; and copy of his book The Texas Negro and his political rights: a history of the fight of Negroes to enter the Democratic primaries of Texas.

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Winston Salem State University, C.G. O'Kelly Library

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Winston Salem State University, C.G. O'Kelly Library

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Atkins, J. Alston

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African American lawyer and founder and president of Slater Industrial Academy, later Slater Industrial and State Normal School, Winston-Salem Teachers College, Winston-Salem State College, and Winston-Salem State University; b. Jasper Alston Atkins, 1898; d. 1982. From the description of Jasper Alston Atkins papers, 1932-1959. (Winston Salem State University). WorldCat record id: 70968844 ...