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Letter from D. L. Beasley to W. E. B. Du Bois

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@ University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Enclosing a list of recent "Negro college and University graduates" and the degrees awarded them; regarding scuffles among Oakland Tribune editorial staff; describing a letter of appreciation addressed to President Hoover "in recognition of his greetings to the N.A.A.C.P."; discussing the prospective appointments of "Negro teachers" to Oakland public schools, the issue of segregation, and ensuing debate "between myself and some of the most learned men in the room"; describing recent actions of the Colored League of Women Voters; and relaying many other anecdotes an exploits in political activism.
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