Invitation to the Du Bois home on New Year's Day, 1960
Lillian Hyman Katzman was working as a volunteer with the Democratic Party in New York City when she was asked to serve as a temporary secretary for W.E.B. Du Bois. The interim position turned into a permanent one, and Hyman remained in Du Bois's employ for several years. During this time, she credits Du Bois with encouraging her interest in politics and in the Civil Rights Movement. Even though Katzman ultimately left her position as secretary, she remained close friends with Du Bois. Katzman later earned her master's degree and taught in the public schools in New York, starting the first class for children diagnosed with brain injury.
From the guide to the Lillian Hyman Katzman Papers MS 611., 1952-1989, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries)
