Racist Letter to Congressman Diaz-Balart

Original Title: Racist Letter to Rep. Diaz-Balart
Devised Title: Racist Letter to Congressman Diaz-Balart
Date: 1997-02-23
Creator: Joseph Wilson Jr. See all items with this value
Contributor: Carrie Meek
Description: A 1994 hate mail letter from Joseph Wilson, Jr. sent to Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a Cuban-American U.S. House Rep representing Florida. The letter recommended shipping all of America’s “thugs” to a penal colony as an economic solution to crime; it also featured hand-drawn art – a racist caricature of a Black man with a gun and dollar bills.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Racism See all items with this value; Politics See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value
Location: Tallahassee; Leon County; Florida; United States of America
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper; Ink
Additional Techniques: Print
Measurements: L:28cm x W:24cm
Format: PDF
HBCU Identifier: MS_0059_03_0003
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.FAMU.0127
Rights: All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.
Contributing Institution: Florida A&M University
Collection: Carrie Meek Collection See all items with this value
Language: English