Letter from Civil Rights Congress to W. E. B. Du Bois

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Title:
Letter from Civil Rights Congress to W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Signed Doxey A. Wilkerson, Special Assistant; inviting him to testify as an expert witness an impending trial of twelve national Communist leaders; specifying that his testimony need merely assert that "Marxism is a science" and relaying some details of the trial, and assuring him he will be reimbursed for any travel expenses incurred by his service.
Creator:
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
Addressee:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
September 10, 1948
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 117 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. Correspondence
Subjects:
Anti-communist movements--United States
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b117-i352
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b117-i352