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Letter from Percy L. Julian to John C. Warner

  • 1956-Feb-03

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Letter from African American research chemist Percy L. Julian to American Chemical Society President John C. Warner. The letter concerns Julian's critique of the inclusion of a list of "Hotels for Colored Persons" in the announcement of the Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in Dallas, TX. Julian continues at length about human liberty, human decency, and race relations in the American South.

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Julian, Percy Lavon. “Letter from Percy L. Julian to John C. Warner,” February 3, 1956. Papers of Bernhard Witkop, Box 1, Folder 15. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/hx11xf25t.

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