Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to New York Times Company
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Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to New York Times Company

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 · 1947

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Digital Commonwealth — Special Collections and University Archives

Pointing out the mistakes "in fact and logic" made in Arthur Hopkins's case against the Actors Equity Association; describing the circumstances surrounding racial prejudice in the performing arts and in other areas of modern life; and insisting that "the time to begin the fight for common human decency is now."

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