Letter from E. B. Jourdain, Jr. to W. E. B. Du Bois

Item Information

Title:
Letter from E. B. Jourdain, Jr. to W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Incomplete letter describing arduous efforts to promote and coordinate "a large Negro group" and the obstacles therewith associated; summarizing the extent of racial prejudice and segregation in the Chicago area, and the "discouraging... failure of Negroes" to respond boldly and effectively to the situation.
Creator:
Jourdain, Edwin B., 1900-1986
Addressee:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
February 17, 1939
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Fragments (object portions)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 088 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Subjects:
African Americans--Segregation
Racism--United States--Political aspects
Places:
United States
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b088-i365
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:
Evanston (Ill.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b088-i365