3.5 Issue 2: Primary resources
By Gabrielle Tayac, Ph.D. (Piscataway) and Edwin Schupman (Muscogee), with Genevieve Simermeyer (Osage). Edited by Mark Hirsch.
1943 letter from Virginia state official Walter Plecker to voting registrars, health care workers, school superintendents, and clerks of the court. For a larger version, click on this link: From University of Virginia Library, Special Collections. About the photograph
Study question for primary resource:
What does the language of the letter tell you about Plecker’s viewpoints and the social attitudes of the time?
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By Gabrielle Tayac, Ph.D. (Piscataway) and Edwin Schupman (Muscogee), with Genevieve Simermeyer (Osage). Edited by Mark Hirsch.
Original source available from National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.
