Aerogramme from Delilah L. Beasley to W. E. B. Du Bois

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Title:
Aerogramme from Delilah L. Beasley to W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Addressed to Du Bois at the N.A.A.C.P. Conference in Pittsburgh; describing the terms of a bill concerning the state's school district's authority to establish segregated schools, relaying that it "was smothered by the Senate" and asking if she "did right" in her involvement in its dissolution; describing her position regarding the re-election of President Hoover -- she is against it "unless he turned over a new leaf and said and done something of value for my race" -- and asking if she has done right in this finding, as well.
Creator:
Beasley, Delilah L. (Delilah Leontium), 1871-1934
Addressee:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
June 30, 1931
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Aerogrammes
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 057 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
African American soldiers
African Americans--Military service
Segregation in education--California
Segregation--Law and legislation
United States--Race relations--Political aspects
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Places:
California
Extent:
2 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b057-i368
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:
Oakland (Calif.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b057-i368