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Letter from Nina Du Bois to W. E. B. Du Bois

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Du Bois, Nina

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Confirming receipt of his letters from Texas and Atlanta and the checks enclosed therein respectively; asking about his recent trip; remarking on Abram Harris's and Langston Hughes's recent Guggenheim scholarships; and noting the "plenty of excitement these days," what with the war in Europe and the Harlem riots: "Most people up here feel that the least thing might start trouble that could not be controlled"; describing recent encounters with George Streator; and communicating widespread interest in his forthcoming "Black Reconstruction."
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