University of Massachusetts Amherst
Special Collections, University Libraries

Example Exhibit

Awake America

Title

Awake America

Creator

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Date

ca. September 1917

Extent

1 p.

Description

Typed draft of article published in the Crisis, declaring that it would be hypocritical for Americans to fight for freedom abroad without introducing civil rights reforms for African Americans at home.

Collection:

W. E. B. Du Bois Papers

Identifier

mums312-b210-i061

Cite As:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Awake America, ca. September 1917. W. E. B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries