cover image: Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to United States Senate

Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to United States Senate

1957

Addressed to Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.; describing the injustice and unfitness of the State Dept.'s refusal to grant him a passport to travel to Ghana, on the occasion of this nation's independence ceremonies; describing the history and present status of said disallowance, which he deems illegal; and seeking his office's assistance in the restoration of this basic civil right.
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Authors

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

Collection
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Format
Correspondence Manuscripts
Pages
3 p.
Place Discussed
Ghana
Provider
Digital Commonwealth
Published in
Ghana
Reference
Local other: mums312-b147-i347
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/166a0f283f190193f7e1d4796efef97b