- GLC#
- GLC09798.03-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 12 June 1953
- Author/Creator
- Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980
- Title
- to Ken Brown
- Place Written
- Chicago, Illinois
- Pagination
- 1 photograph Height: 26.7 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- 1945 to the Present
- Sub-Era
- The Civil Rights Movement The Fifties
One typewritten letter to Ken Brown from Jesse Owens dated June 12, 1953. Thanks Brown for a previous letter. Letterhead is from the State Athletic Commission of Illinois. Refers to a flood where people may receive better housing due to the damage. Mentions an autographed photograph (see GLC09798.02) that he includes with the letter.
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