W.E.B. Du Bois papers 1906-1966 1942-1948

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W.E.B. Du Bois papers 1906-1966 1942-1948

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The W.E.B Du Bois collection consists of a small body of speeches, articles, correspondence and related material primarily authored by Du Bois. Of special interest is a typescript, with editorial comments, of the first two chapters of Du Bois' autobiography Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept (1940). The collection also includes a typescript of an article entitled "Miscegenation" (1935). There are thirteen speeches and a book review ranging in subject matter from "The Talented Tenth," to a tribute to Dr. Carter F. Woodson, race relations, labor issues, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Mahatma Gandhi. One of the speeches "What the Negro Wants in 1948," was delivered at a meeting of the NAACP.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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