Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Mbonu Ojike

Item Information

Title:
Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Mbonu Ojike
Description:
Responding to his comments on the Pan African Congress's petition to the U.N. (see mums312-b111-i436), and defending the use of the word "Negro" for its purposes -- "no name is scientifically perfect... but [it] it a clear term which everyone understands."
Creator:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Addressee:
Ojike, Mbonu
Date:
December 13, 1946
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 111 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. General Correspondence
Subjects:
United Nations
Colonies (International law)
Pan African Congress
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b111-i437
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b111-i437