cover image: Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Jawaharlal Nehru

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Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Jawaharlal Nehru

1956

Thanking him for his visit to the U.S. and commending the ideas he shared thereat, and his "calm, wise but strong words"; describing the "peculiar situation" of the "American Negro" in the present day and expressing sympathy with conditions in India on that basis; briefly recounting his indictment by the State Dept.; and congratulating him on his "great and successful work."
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Authors

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964

Collection
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Format
Correspondence Manuscripts
Pages
2 p.
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Digital Commonwealth
Published in
India
Reference
Local other: mums312-b145-i248
Rights
Contact host institution for more information. 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.
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/5d2ed44458d0ae9972f597824e7ea42e