Letter from Gladys Walker to National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Title:
Letter from Gladys Walker to National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Description:
Salutation to "Gentlemen," apparently addressed to NAACP, from twenty-year-old African American woman forced to leave high school after two and a half years. Seeks advice on continuing her education, getting high school credit, studying nursing.
Creator:
Walker, Gladys
Addressee:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date:
December 15, 1928
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 046 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
African Americans--Education
Women--Education--United States
Places:
United States
Extent:
3 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b046-i284
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Port Chester (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b046-i284