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Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to The Parent-Teacher Association of The Peach County Training School

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Peach County (Ga.) Training SchoolParent-Teacher Association White, A. J

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Concerning a resolution passed by the Association in support of Ben Davis in his fight against the use of Black prisoners of the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for outside labor.
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Keywords

  1. African American Prisoners
  2. African Americans
  3. Convict Labor

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