Letter from Eugene D. Byrd to Reginald Stewart

Title

Description

In a time of indecision and indifference towards changing discriminatory policies at the Peabody Preparatory, Reginald Stewart received this letter from Eugene D. Byrd, DDS on March 24, 1953. Byrd’s letter demands that Peabody stop their discriminatory practices.

Creator

Eugene D. Byrd

Source

Letter from Eugene D. Byrd to Reginald Stewart, 1953 March 24, Folder 5, Box 25, Peabody Institute Board of Trustees Records, Arthur Friedheim Library, Peabody Institute, The Johns Hopkins University.

Date

1953 March 24

Is Part Of

A Message of Inclusion, A History of Exclusion: Racial Injustice at the Peabody Institute, Policy at the Peabody Preparatory: 1953-1955