Open letter from Negro Commission of the Communist Party to W. E. B. Du Bois

Item Information

Title:
Open letter from Negro Commission of the Communist Party to W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Signed William L. Patterson, Chairman, and Claude Lightfoot, Secretary; an open letter addressed "to the Negro People" commenting on the current "American Scene" and "the role of racism" therein; and warning of the effects of recent attacks on Muslim which "unconsciously divide the Negro people."
Creator:
Communist Party of the United States of America. Negro Commission
Addressee:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
June 1961
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Circular letters
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 153 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. Correspondence
Subjects:
Racism--United States
Black Muslims--United States
Places:
United States
Extent:
4 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b153-i077
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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Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b153-i077