Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Lucille McLendon

Item Information

Title:
Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Lucille McLendon
Description:
Writing in response to McLendon's letters (mums312-b173-i273 and 275), Du Bois states his opinion of the Bricks School, noting that it "is poorly organized and poorly run. It is not modern. The students have no freedom;" clarifies that he believes "Inborden is a spendid man, of find character and great devotion to his work;" provides advice for what Inborden should do and suggests he find "the very best helpers possible and let them reform" Bricks; explains that "you can't hire a first class man and then treat him like a third class servant."
Creator:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Addressee:
McLendon, Lucille M.
Date:
March 20, 1926
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 173 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1B. Crisis Correspondence
Subjects:
Education
Inborden, Thomas Sewell
Brick Rural Life School (Brick, N.C.)
Extent:
2 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b173-i277
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b173-i277