Circular letter from National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards to W. E. B. Du Bois

Item Information

Title:
Circular letter from National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards to W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Signed Joe Johnson, Secretary-Treasurer; describing the "bitter struggle" the Union has fought during the past two years; providing a thorough account of its origins and implications; providing a partial list of "just a few of the things they refer to when they talk about 'Negroism'"; and urging recipients to urge Attorney General Brownwell to drop the charges against Brother Bryson.
Creator:
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
Addressee:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
June 1, 1953
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Circular letters
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 140 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1A. Correspondence
Subjects:
Anti-communist movements--United States
Places:
United States
Extent:
6 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b140-i404
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:
San Francisco (Calif.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b140-i404