Letter from Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B. Du Bois
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Letter from Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B. Du Bois

Chesnutt, Charles W., 1858-1932 · October 15, 1926

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Digital Commonwealth — Special Collections and University Archives

Offers his judgement regarding the finalists in the Amy Spingarn Contest. Expresses his surprise at some of the themes in the works that dealt with "the more unsavory aspects of life among colored people."

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