James Aronson/W.E.B. Du Bois collection, 1946-1983.

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James Aronson/W.E.B. Du Bois collection, 1946-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53085881

Includes correspondence, speeches by Du Bois in published form, articles by Du Bois, biographical sketches and tribute articles about Du Bois, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Some speeches included were made while Du Bois was campaigning for Progressive Party presidential candidate Henry Wallace and during Du Bois' senatorial campaign on the American Labor Party Ticket in New York in 1950.

2 boxes, (1.5 linear ft.)

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7664419

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library

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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Educated at Fisk University, he did graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. Du Bois became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Due to his contributions in the African-American community he was seen as a member of a Black elite that supported some aspects ...

Aronson, James

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Materials written by or pertaining to W.E.B. Du Bois, collected by James Aronson, who was executive editor of the "National Guardian" from 1948 to 1967. From the description of James Aronson/W.E.B. Du Bois collection, 1946-1983. (University of Massachusetts Amherst). WorldCat record id: 53085881 ...

Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977

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Shirley (Graham) Du Bois was a political activist, writer, playwright, and composer. She was born in 1896, the only daughter of five children of David A. and Etta (Bell) Graham. Her father, a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal church, was appointed president of Monrovia College, Liberia, in 1926. Du Bois had two sons, Robert (b. 1923) and David (b. 1925), from an early short-lived marriage. In 1931 she entered Oberlin College to study music. The following year, ...