A petition to the President of the United States and the United States Delegation to the United Nations

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Title:
A petition to the President of the United States and the United States Delegation to the United Nations
Description:
Urging recipients to swiftly modify their "indefensible" policies towards the "hundreds of millions of subject peoples in Africa"; complaining at length of various examples of disdainful government action and opinion thereon; and describing "the Negro people's... deep concern" with the nation's regard for human rights in the international arena. See mums312-b137-i275 for reply card and envelope.
Creator:
Initiating Sponsors of Petition to President Truman
Addressee:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Addressee:
United States. Delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations
Date:
[March 12, 1952]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Petitions
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 137 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. Correspondence
Subjects:
Colonies (International law)
Extent:
5 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b137-i056
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
mums312-b137-i056