Bosma Business Card; Correspondence from Rustin and Hill to Bozeman; Robert Hugh Kirksey News Clipping; Envelope to Guinier
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May 13, 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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! i FOR YOUR ., I INFORMATION / BOYD BOSMA Human Relations Specialist NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Teacher Rights 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (2O2)W+ Yea-nb Human & Civil Rights Programs &Prrt{vouoSorfrr il.r Yo,k N.Y. t(xlto $a cgl-soo rts-l. ard.la ftffoltyr.'!..,, at.l- frltra CEtlH S-rX./, rShrtld tt.lai-,r Orrru rnna a,ra,]Er Jra.rlr. Aa-Jlar.r!]Lr Edl.,lr. Ir!.r.Jr. bt, t(.n-g.tfd .h-b Sdql.rh Or.t(r$-rq.r iooO.ril tomChard 'lCrdCodtOo{I.Ca'l Clf.O..,u flabOra JCriOtcodia Ftff Oror.L SrndCrtgh,tI fArrt;,.ra, Oarad tilDttr.lo AneaoFE r-rgaFrm.n Lo.da frta.l Jd.rOrDn rNlf.nOry io!-tOahrdt tri.GhafliOE nrfnqrd Orer.9. Eilf Or--. tlria lr.,ipSn ,--Hfrd A&4.l l{..Da cordrr l{.oln Joanda r{..r.IE lagr. Oo9. xregm. vaa,na a{I idrAa lfo.orrr 0rb.a ltuCnhaon U-aJatt.on ObrL Joainaon Lrrt JoilrI.r .lfli-Jo.raa. tk ,ilra.roda!- tolnt(lh U.5.Seiltgrt(.ne Lor totadho-rrrlrq- " - &t X{fl.y ,V{Lam Xmyr i-rga l,rtumxt rfDaal (avma Cdaafra brtr ,W.a,i undm. Lcr Lymh ,dtn Lyom Rry rib$.I iYlLrlor trlamMryr Uol{facer(b Rfirrcobn'| €n-Lctttnry .lqcaulllf, tdah tar*oi ]a..roUIGhaI Frftt lb.i al Lo.rbyr .Ittat Loo.a imud lruil.atrat Famaafaaa Joar.r Pxtirr ffffnFo{t Ao0l;l Por.al lrdr Puddingb.r-n * Ranary {.Crard R&i&rt .t{&lRlGh&Oon /o.[r nggo :rrl f,o!.ars .vlllrttbursr ,ollr eocn Xrhn RotLfi, {aad Saiud J&oDSnai.|k,[l! Jaorry grt tdr )an aenra -ltlaaa 3nonr... Jincfrt So.trUotb Xrfn So.nx! -dlro Staghra iYlll.|r $odgtuI \da,r sam ,.C.lwrr fctl ?urll i6 tyL, {o!ad frru Srt rtYIrg.L ,Yal5 Waaldi i,r..t.unWA't ic[arWatr-loo.tW..E ivilodWilirra .Yiltxt I'Yin .VLli.ln wln xfngf, ;. Ym lvoodr-d ,ViL.lttWym ,V.c. You.te '6rarrGtftr_r 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- *,1 - €, i fr Ii A. PHILIP FOUNDED BY A PHILIP RANDOLPH. 1889.1979 -&Ore- aJ' or .i lln. tlagBAc Bozeran llay 13r 1982 pagc 2 f 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. Slnccrclyr fl*Chl lloaan B11l Precl.dent BR:NII/hh cc! Dr. iloe L. Reed iI.L. Chestnut +-- 0u, ttobert nugn lllrKsey N launcnmg out, on nrli ruul'l,u uar'trtrr 'ffil} Id,?s..-.1,,flth[;f.m':; .- (ollele i.o Charlcston. 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