Letter from Alice Jerome to Shirley and W. E. B. Du Bois

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Title:
Letter from Alice Jerome to Shirley and W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Noting her despair over Jerry's recent accident; describing that individual's assessment of W. E. B.'s political stance and recent actions; and summarizing the essence of the problem presented by the 1956 elections: "Shall the Negro people permit themselves to be used as a football, now to be kicked by this white-supremacist party and now by the other?"
Creator:
Jerome, Alice
Addressee:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Addressee:
Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977
Date:
November 25, 1956
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 145 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. Correspondence
Subjects:
Presidents--United States--Election--1956
African Americans--Civil rights--History--1900--1999
Places:
United States
Extent:
2 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b145-i262
Terms of Use:
All rights for this document are held by the David Graham Du Bois Trust. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b145-i262