Special Collections and University Archives, - Selected African Holdings

Special Collections and University Archives, - Selected African Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Selected items with African Origination


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Relaying details on the "Great Britain Campaign for Life"; the institutional movement for disarmament; the trial of German peace workers in Düsseldorf; and the status of peace negotiations in Algeria.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Featuring news on self-rule in Tanganyika; independent parliament in Nigeria; independence for Mali; news summaries on a host of African nations; and a review of the events of 1959, "a …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Relaying various news on disarmament, the trial of German peace workers underway in the G.D.R., and "the next war in Algeria."


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Brief note on "still tense" situation in Leopoldville, Congo, in wake of a recent Belgian battalion tour.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Students of the foundation write to Du Bois and his wife asking for money to put towards a travel stipend for students in Kenya traveling to America for higher-education; explains …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1959 English

Kenyatta informs Du Bois that Jomo Kenyatta informed her that Du Bois could connect her with people to teach her about other countries, and to whom she could teach about …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1958 English

Apologizing once again for his lapse in correspondence; noting his assumption of an advisory post to Ghanaian Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah; describing efforts to bring Du Bois and Shirley to …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1958 English

Sending praise and wishing she could be with Du Bois and his friends on the occasion of his 90th birthday; asking his opinion of the books "The Black Vanguard" by …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1958 English

Thinking of him on his 90th birthday; acknowledging receipt of an African carving by Felix Idubor; describing the current political situation in South Africa, the work of the African National …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1958 English

Articles on a variety of topics including: Francis Broderick's critique of W. E. B. Du Bois and his drift towards communism; progress on segregation in the South; recent internal labor …