To Julian Bond from Hillis Davis, 13 Mar 1968, with Bond's draft response

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HAMPTON INSTITUTE

HAMPTON, VIRGINIA

HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY

March 13, 1968

Mr. Julian Bond

162 Eurahlee Street, S.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30314

Dear Mr. Bond:

Thank you very much for your recent confirmation of a speaking engagement at Hampton Institute on Sunday, April 21, 1968.

There is a Piedmont flight that leaves from the Raleigh-Durban Airport at 11:42 a.m. which arrives in Norfolk at 12:50. We will have a school car pick you up there. There are several airlines that have flights from Norfolk to Atlanta after 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. We can return you to the Norfolk airport whenever your flight is scheduled to leave.

There are no problems regarding food and housing if you should decide to stay overnight. Hampton Institute has its own Hotel, which was provided by the Ford Foundation.

If you have a photograph of yourself, we would like to borrow it to have some placard made. I will return it to you.

The students and I look forward with great anticipation to seeing you on the above mentioned date.

Sincerely yours,

[signed] Hillis D. Davis

Hillis D. Davis

Director of the Library

mdt

Dear Mr. Davis:

Again, please excuse me for taking so long to answer your last letter.

The 11:42 Piedmont flight seems to be a good one, and I'd like to tryk to get a flight back to Atlanta from Norfolk that evening.

Will you be arranging the Raleigh - Durham to Norfolk to Atlanta flight?

I am enclosing a biographical sheet in this letter, and will send a photograph as soon as I receive some from the photographer.

Sincerely,