Box 19, Folder 19, Document 39

Box 19, Folder 19, Document 39

NEAL PENICK
3376 PEACHTREE ROAD, N. E.
ATLANTA 5, GEORGIA

August 5, 1963

Mayor Ivan Allen
Atlanta City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Mayor Allen:

The stand you took in your testimony before the Senate
Committee entitles you to the respect and admiration of
all right-thinking and open-minded citizens in Atlanta
and throughout the country. Not only did you take the
right stand but your testimony was given with sincerity
and showed that you had given a great deal of thought to
this matter,

I am a Southern, white citizen with two college degrees.

I am not a radical, but I do appreciate the leadership

of people like you who have the courage to stand for what
is morally right. For a century we have relegated our
Negro citizens to a position of second-class or thirde
class citizens and there is no moral, religious or logical
reason for doing soo

I am proud of the way that Atlanta has handled the racial
problem so far, and certainly do admire you for your courage
and integrityo

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Sincerely;

wae



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