Bosma Business Card; Correspondence from Rustin and Hill to Bozeman; Robert Hugh Kirksey News Clipping; Envelope to Guinier

Correspondence
May 13, 1982

Bosma Business Card; Correspondence from Rustin and Hill to Bozeman; Robert Hugh Kirksey News Clipping; Envelope to Guinier preview

N.d.; 5/13/1982; 1982; 6/18/1982.

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  • Case Files, Bozeman & Wilder Working Files. Bosma Business Card; Correspondence from Rustin and Hill to Bozeman; Robert Hugh Kirksey News Clipping; Envelope to Guinier, 1982. b4d5530b-ef92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/9eca0eb7-e125-4c37-b74e-57e15cac3160/bosma-business-card-correspondence-from-rustin-and-hill-to-bozeman-robert-hugh-kirksey-news-clipping-envelope-to-guinier. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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BOYD BOSMA
Human Relations

Specialist

NATIONAL EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION

Teacher Rights
1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
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tlay 13, 1982

llrs. t{aggie Bozenan
P.O. Box 396
Tuskegeer Alabana 36083

Dear t{rs. Bozenan:

Each year at its Anntral convention, the A. philip Randolphrnstitute honors comunity readers and public figrures who best
erteuplify tlre principles of our for:nder A. phirip Rardorph.

This year, our L982 Annr:al Conference will be held from June 18to ilune 20 at the Sheraton Washington H,otel in Vlashington, D.C. Weoqrect that over 1r20o Randorph rnstitute activists wirr take partin what will be the rargest and urost significant gathering of Lracktrade unionists in 1992.

on the basis of conversations with Dr. Joe L. Reed, AssociateDirector of the Alabana Educati.on Association, and J.L. chestnut, itis our understanding that you and !4rs. wirder have agreed to honor
us by accepting this yearrs A. philip Randolph Freedom Award in recog-nition of yor:r dedication to the principles of brack voter partici-
Pation and of your strong krelief in the democratic process. our Awardwas established in 1975 and previous recipients have inclr:ded Royl{ilkinsr Dorothy lGight, gep. Augustus Hawkins, and former Secretaryof Labor Ray !{arsha1l.

[his yearrs presentation will be made at our Award Dinner whichwill be held on saturday, June 19 at 7:3o p.m. The Award ba'q,et, thehighright of o,r three-day meeting, is regarded by the rabor rbvementas an i-ryortant public event. We hope in this srrrall way to pgblicizeyour case :ulonqJ connurity and ]abor leaders who conprise the RandolphDovement.

lie invite you to join us for the drrration of our conference andwould make and provide all necessary travel and accosulod,ations arr-Ernge-trents' we understand that you will need the approval of rocar authori-ties in order to be given permission to traveil"t of state to recei.vethe Award- rf we can be of any herp in this regard, please do nothesitate in letting us knor,r.

The 18,000 brack trade unionists who work in r.ocal A. philip
Randolph affiliates in 3? states are actively invorved in voter regis-

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tratl.onr votar edrrcation, and Eet-out-tho-cDte lrrogrra8. For thLs
raason your caBe is of vital concern to then. Ile trope that you
rl11 be able to use tbe fonn rll are providJ.ng to 4reatr about your
caee and the valrrc of the right to vote.

Should 1ou harrc any addltlonal qr-rtLoru, pleace do not
hcgttate to call us co1l€ct at. 12t2, 533-8OOO.

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