Telegram from Grace and Billy Goens to Mrs. W. E. B. Du Bois

Item Information

Title:
Telegram from Grace and Billy Goens to Mrs. W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Expressing condolences upon the death of "our good friend" W. E. B. Du Bois and deeming the previous evening's march on Washington's timing "symbolically fitting."
Creator:
Goens, Billy
Addressee:
Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977
Date:
August 30, 1963
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Telegrams
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-i024
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:
Wilmington (Del.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b156-i024