3 letters reveal how Post Office treats Blacks From: Washington Afro-American | Date: July 15, 1995| Author: James Wright | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Washington Afro-American

07-15-1995

3 letters reveal how Post Office treats Blacks.

The AFRO recently received a series of letters regarding the racial harassment of Black managers in the Mississippi District of the U.S. Postal Service. The letters were signed by an anonymous writer who poetically documented the subtle abuses endured by Robert Bilbrew and Marsha Hopkins, who are Black and have over 20 years of postal service, by their White colleagues, Ted Wood...

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