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<mods:title>Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company</mods:title>
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<mods:abstract>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.</mods:abstract>
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