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Description
The City Beautiful Commission of Memphis, Tennessee, organized annual Christmas Lighting Contests, and, reflective of the segregated city, in the 1950s these were divided into a Negro Division and a White Division. A copy of the letter sent to Black Memphians in 1956 is included, along with the letter sent to white Memphians in 1957, and the 1956 rules for the White Division.
Identifier
sc.0133.001_003.001
Date
1956
Keywords
City Beautiful Commission (Memphis, Tenn.)
Recommended Citation
"Memphis City Beautiful Commission Christmas Lighting Contest, Negro Division, letter, 1956" (2021). Documents. 1.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-comptonkl1/1
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