Title
Letter from Louis Martin Deputy Director of the Democratic National Committee, u.d.
Subject
Coalition work
Politics
Johnson, Lyndon B., 1908-1973
Dymally, Mervyn M., 1926-2012
Description
Mervyn M. Dymally sends a telegram to Louis Martin, Deputy Director of the Democratic National Committee in protest of President Lyndon B. Johnson's lack of people of color in his delegation, more specifically, "Negros and Mexican Americans". In response to this lack of representation, especially in a time when about six people on the Democratic State Central Committee were Black or Mexican American, Dymally along with Chairman Charles Warren expressed their protest against the choice by the Democratic National Committee.
Written by Yasmin Rumbo, History 3450 Fall 2020.
Source
Mervyn M. Dymally Papers, Special Collections & Archives, California State University, Los Angeles
Publisher
California State University, Los Angeles, Library. Special Collections & Archives
Rights
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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