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Letter from DeHaven Hinkson to Walter White

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Hinkson, De Haven National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Copy of letter concerning possible speakers for a memorial service for Black veterans. Written on the letterhead of the George T. Cornish Post, No. 292.
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All rights for this document are held by the David Graham Du Bois Trust. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.Contact host institution for more information.
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Keywords

  1. African American Veterans
  2. African Americans

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