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 · 1956 English

Typed draft with notes and corrections of a speech given to Nkrumah, prime minister of Ghana, apologies for not being able to travel to Ghana due to passport issues; Du …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Draft. Original title of "Suez". Published in "Masses and Mainstream", December 1956.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Informing Du Bois of the upcoming 22nd conference of the South African Indian Congress; against racialism and injustice; asks Du Bois for a message of support.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Created by the French Algerian Government. Lists facts about Algeria; explains the present situation in Algeria (accomplished by the French); explains the rebellion; urges the work of pacification; lists current …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1955 English

Number 72. Describing efforts being made in Japan, South Africa, Congo, Switzerland, and Norway in advance of the May 22-29 congress to meet in Helsinki.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1955 English

Posing a series of questions on race and slavery in the U.S., the relationship of that country to Liberia and to the partitioning of the outerlying continent, the Pan-African movement, …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1955 English

Responding to his various queries on U.S.-African relations; the Pan-African movement and congresses; and the status of modern industry in Liberia (see mums312-b143-i418).


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1955 English

Thanking him for his letter (mums312-b144-i265) and thanking him for his books; describing his take on German colonialism "and its effects on the African peoples"; commenting on social relations in …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1955 English

Discusses South Africa and her politics, as well as Untied States' and England's relations with Africa, colonization, and Pan-Africanism.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1955 English

Expressing his admiration for W. E. B. Du Bois's "history of Africa written by Africans" and seeking the author's address; empathizing with the letter-writer's feelings suffering and embitterment; anticipating that …