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Letter from Joseph Biggs to W. E. B. Du Bois

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Biggs, Joseph Broadway High School (Madison, Ind.) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Crisis (Firm)

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With respect to his recent article (see mums312-b168-i137), commenting on the school segregation situation in Harlem; describing his feelings about Booker T. Washington's photos in the company of President Roosevelt; and reflecting at length on the nature of segregation and the essence of emphasizing "contrast."
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Keywords

  1. African American Teachers
  2. African Americans
  3. Segregation In Education

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