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Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956

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Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956

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State Archives of Florida, Series S776

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Letter from Miami Herald reporter Hendrik J. Berns to Governor LeRoy Collins, asking Collins to use his influence to calm the racial tensions prevailing at that time in Delray Beach in Palm Beach County. Berns notes that the situation had recently reached a crescendo in which the city commission had recently passed an ordinance to exclude the African American neighborhoods from the city limits.

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1956-06-23

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Berns, Hendrik J., 1912-1991

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Letters (correspondence)

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Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956

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Segregation

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Berns, Hendrik J., 1912-1991

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State Archives of Florida, Series S776

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1956-06-23

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eng-US

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s776_b033_f05_19

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

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Delray Beach (Fla.)

Palm Beach County (Fla.)

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Slavery and Race Relations

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Miami Herald (Miami, Fla.)

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Collins, LeRoy (Thomas LeRoy), 1909-1991

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Berns, Hendrik J., 1912-1991. Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956. 1956-06-23. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/333651>, accessed 6 January 2025.

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Berns, Hendrik J., 1912-1991. Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956. 1956-06-23. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/333651>

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