Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to New York Herald Tribune

Item Information

Title:
Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to New York Herald Tribune
Description:
Suggesting that the paper remind the United Nations of Philadelphia's penetrative and practically universal color line; that is Civil Rights bill "is loosely drawn and seldom enforced"; and that individuals "who show any pigment in their skin would not... be comfortable or safe from insult in the City of Brotherly Love."
Creator:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Addressee:
New York Herald Tribune (Firm)
Date:
December 9, 1946
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Letters to the editor
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 111 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. General Correspondence
Subjects:
Racism--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
Discrimination against African Americans
Places:
United States
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b111-i190
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b111-i190