Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Godfrey L. Cabot

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Title:
Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Godfrey L. Cabot
Description:
Suggesting that his damning letter (mums312-b117-i255) is "not logical" and pointing out its various inferential flaws; clarifying that the rift between him and the NAACP owes not to his support of Henry A. Wallace, as therein suggested, but the very fact of his political involvement and advocacy; describing the Association's long-held policy of announcing their political affiliations; and insisting that "the real question is, did I mislead the public in appearing to commit the NAACP to Wallace or did the Secretary commit the organization to Truman?" See mums312-b117-i256 for earlier draft.
Creator:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Addressee:
Cabot, Godfrey L. (Godfrey Lowell), 1861-1962
Date:
October 13, 1948
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 117 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. Correspondence
Subjects:
Presidents--United States--Election--1948
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Places:
United States
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b117-i257
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b117-i257