Jury Service - West Virginia - Bluefield, 1932

File — Box: J.27

Scope and Contents

Includes a letter from an attorney in Bluefield and clippings regarding a case that was overturned due to exclusion of African American jurors.

Dates

Creation: 1932

Additional Description

Arrangement

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Document Types

Correspondence, Clippings

Processing Information

Jury Service files have been processed using detailed processing procedures; dates and document types are included for all content, and files have been arranged and described in more detail, particularly files that contain document types other than clippings.