Cassie Mae Reed to Charles W. Chesnutt, 19 April 1932
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Dunbar High School
Little Rock, Ark.,1
April 19, 1932
Mr Charles W Chestnut
9719 Lamont Ave
Cleveland, Ohio
Dear sir
It is a project in 12a English to write on an outstanding poet and I choose you. I am asking you for all information concerning your life and a photograph of you Please. Unless I receive this information on or before 27 of April, I wont be able to graduate. Find inclose self address envelope.
Your truly Cassie Mae ReedCorrespondent: Very probably Cassie Claudetta Reed, who graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in May of 1932 as one of sixty-four graduates. No further information about her is available.
1. Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and Junior College in Little Rock, Arkansas, replaced the city's only Black high school when it was built in 1930. Built partly with support from the Rosenwald Fund, it initially had an emphasis on industrial arts. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places. [back]
