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Telegram from Mary McLeod Bethune to Governor Doyle Carlton Protesting the Use of Black Female Convicts for Carrying and Installing Heavy Posts in Jacksonville, 1932
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This is a full-rate Telegram or Cable-gram unless its deferred character is indicated by a suitable sign above or preceding address.
WESTERN UNION
NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT
J.C. WILLEVER, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
SIGNS
DL = Day Letter
NM = Night Message
NL = Night Letter
LCO = Deffered Cable
NLT = Cable Letter
WLT = Week-End Letter
The filing time as shown in the date line on full-rate telegrams and day letter, and the time of receipt at destination as shown on all messages, is STANDARD TIME.
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1932 MAR 13 PM 10 18
JNB 109 106 NL = DAYTONA BEACH FLO 13
HONORABLE DOYLE E CARLTON =
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE FLO =
YOUR HONOR IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT ON THE TWENTY SECOND OF FEBRUARY 1932 FOUR NEGRO WOMEN CONVICTS WERE FORCED UNDER ARMED GUARD TO UNLOAD HEAVY TIMBER FROM A TRUCK IN THE STREETS OF JACKSONVILLE TO DIG POST HOLES AND PLANT POSTS FOR SEVERAL HOURS STOP THIS IS AN OUTRAGE AGAINST THE WOMANHOOD OF MY RACE AND I HEREBY REGISTER MY VIGOROUS PROTEST OF SUCH TREATMENT STOP I APPEAL TO YOUR SENSE OF JUSTICE AND YOUR PROTECTION OF THESE WOMEN CONVICTS AGAINST SUCH CONDITIONS STOP SUCH BARBAROUS TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO THE WOMEN OF ANY RACE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES =
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE.
THE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAM OR CABLE
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CLASS OF SERVICE
This is a full-rate Telegram or Cable-gram unless its deferred character is indicated by a suitable sign above or preceding address.
WESTERN UNION
NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT
J.C. WILLEVER, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
SIGNS
DL = Day Letter
NM = Night Message
NL = Night Letter
LCO = Deffered Cable
NLT = Cable Letter
WLT = Week-End Letter
The filing time as shown in the date line on full-rate telegrams and day letter, and the time of receipt at destination as shown on all messages, is STANDARD TIME.
Received at
1932 MAR 13 PM 10 18
JNB 109 106 NL = DAYTONA BEACH FLO 13
HONORABLE DOYLE E CARLTON =
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE FLO =
YOUR HONOR IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT ON THE TWENTY SECOND OF FEBRUARY 1932 FOUR NEGRO WOMEN CONVICTS WERE FORCED UNDER ARMED GUARD TO UNLOAD HEAVY TIMBER FROM A TRUCK IN THE STREETS OF JACKSONVILLE TO DIG POST HOLES AND PLANT POSTS FOR SEVERAL HOURS STOP THIS IS AN OUTRAGE AGAINST THE WOMANHOOD OF MY RACE AND I HEREBY REGISTER MY VIGOROUS PROTEST OF SUCH TREATMENT STOP I APPEAL TO YOUR SENSE OF JUSTICE AND YOUR PROTECTION OF THESE WOMEN CONVICTS AGAINST SUCH CONDITIONS STOP SUCH BARBAROUS TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO THE WOMEN OF ANY RACE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES =
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE.
THE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAM OR CABLE
Chicago Manual of Style
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955. Telegram from Mary McLeod Bethune to Governor Doyle Carlton Protesting the Use of Black Female Convicts for Carrying and Installing Heavy Posts in Jacksonville, 1932. 1932-03-13. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/334170>, accessed 18 May 2022.
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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955. Telegram from Mary McLeod Bethune to Governor Doyle Carlton Protesting the Use of Black Female Convicts for Carrying and Installing Heavy Posts in Jacksonville, 1932. 1932-03-13. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 18 May. 2022.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/334170>.
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(State Archives of Florida/Bethune)
