Letter writer took stand against racial segregation in the 1950s

31 July 2010, 5:22 am

The day after William Langley read in a local newspaper that Mary Jean Price, a black student, was denied admission to Southwest Missouri State College, the Springfield man wrote a letter to the editor.... Read More »

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