Letter from A. A. Roback to Shirley Graham Du Bois

Item Information

Title:
Letter from A. A. Roback to Shirley Graham Du Bois
Description:
Upon the death of W. E. B. Du Bois, relaying his condolences; remarking on the irony of his death's confluence with the "greatest event due to the organization he founded" (the N.A.A.C.P.); and suggesting she will be consoled "by the fact that he was favored by fortune and that he will always be remembered as the pioneer in the fight for equality."
Creator:
Roback, A. A. (Abraham Aaron), 1890-1965
Addressee:
Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977
Date:
August 29, 1963
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 156 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. Correspondence
Subjects:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)--1868-1963--Death and burial
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b156-i110
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:
Cambridge (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b156-i110