ROSA PARKS     GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE   ALPHABETICAL FILE    Posey, Webster W., letter 1957
Box 4 Folder 10                                                                                            from Parks

634 Cleveland Courts
Montgomery 8, Alabama
February 15, 1957

Atty. Webster W. Posey
616 West Ninth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio

Dear Atty. Posey:
     Thanks very much for your letter of January 31 inviting me to
be one of your 1957 speakers. Please pardon this delayed reply. My
mother was quite ill when your letter came and other problems were
pressing upon me also at that time.
     At present, my schedule is open except April 7 at Trenton, N.J.
and April 14 at Birmingham, Alabama. You may arrange your program,
excluding these dates, to your convenience.
     I received expense and $100 honorarium from two larger branches,
Cleveland, O. and Baltimore, Md. last September. An itinerary to
several smaller branches in Mass., New York, New Jersey and Penna.
was arranged by the NAACP National Office last November for me.
Each branch gave me $25 and contributed to the expense through the
New York office. It was considered quite successful, though very
strenous for me.
     You may write Mr. Gloster Current if you prefer my appearance
on a similar arrangement. The choice is yours as I do not know the
size and financial status of your branch.
     You may be interested in knowing that in the case of my original
arrest; the Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the Circuit
Court which found me guilty last February 22. I am not waiting for
the lawyer's advice on the next course of action regarding it.
     With kindest regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Rosa L. Parks

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