Letter from Truman Nelson to Shirley Graham

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Truman Nelson to Shirley Graham
Description:
Describing the lofty aims of his latest book; describing his involvement in various difficult civil rights initiatives; commending her "quite wonderful, and so necessary," magazine, "Freedomways," though he was nervous about her review of "Worlds of Color"; and predicting the legacy of the "Black Flame" trilogy.
Addressee:
Nelson, Truman, 1911-1987
Addressee:
Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977
Date:
July 27, 1961
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 154 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. Correspondence
Subjects:
Du Bois, Shirley Graham--1896-1977--Articles
African Americans--Civil rights
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Worlds of color
Freedomways (New York, N.Y.)
Extent:
2 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b154-i069
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:
Salem (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b154-i069