W.E.B. Du Bois writes to Marcus Garvey

TODAY’S POST IS A TEASER OF SORTS FOR OUR UPCOMING (AUGUST 1) GUEST-POST BY WILLIAM MAXWELL ABOUT THE U.N.I.A. PAN-AFRICAN CONFERENCE

One hundred years ago today … W.E.B. Du Bois rejected Marcus Garvey’s invitation that he be included in the upcoming U.N.I.A. conference. Turning the tables, he asked Garvey a series of questions for a feature in The Crisis.

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W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, University of Massachusetts. — *W. E. B. Du Bois Papers,* University of Massachusetts.

Note: See our earlier posts about Du Bois, Garvey and U.N.I.A.

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