Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Independent Non-Partisan Citizens Committee for the Re-election of Councilman Benjamin J. Davis Jr.

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Title:
Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Independent Non-Partisan Citizens Committee for the Re-election of Councilman Benjamin J. Davis Jr.
Description:
Addressed to Ora Leak, Secretary; praising the Councilman's public service and performance; promoting his re-election wholeheartedly; and hoping that "no American Negro and no other true American will be induced to cast his vote" to any other candidate.
Creator:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Addressee:
Independent Non-Partisan Citizens Committee for the Re-election of Councilman Benjamin J. Davis Jr
Date:
July 29, 1949
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 124 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. Correspondence
Subjects:
Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b124-i418
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-b124-i418