Letter from Ira de Augustine Reid to W. E. B. Du Bois

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Title:
Letter from Ira de Augustine Reid to W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Thanking him for and complimenting him on his Fisk University commencement address; describing the "awful stew" of European politics and noting, "England has never seemed so much the class-structured state that it is"; describing the attitudes and living conditions of the "large African and half-caste" populations in England and Wales; relaying Paul Robeson's comparable dismay; and describing his current studies, pursuits, and future plans.
Creator:
Reid, Ira De Augustine, 1901-1968
Addressee:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
May 9, 1939
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 089 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
Blacks--England
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
Extent:
4 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b089-i225
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:
London (England)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b089-i225