Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company

Item Information

Title:
Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description:
Suggesting that "it would be in accordance with the dictates of ordinary good business for you to employ at least some colored persons as clerks and managers in your Harlem stores"; succinctly rationalizing his request; and trusting he will see the according changes made soon.
Creator:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Addressee:
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Date:
May 10, 1930
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 053 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
African Americans--Employment
Discrimination in employment--United States
Places:
United States
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b053-i493
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:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b053-i493