National Urban League Of Sight and Sound, Letters from an American Abroad
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.194 Author/Creator: National Urban League Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1959 Pagination: 13 p. ; 22.9 x 15.1 cm. Order a Copy
One pamphlet entitled, "Of Sight and Sound, Letters from an American Abroad," dated 1959. Consists of letters from Lester B. Granger, executive director of the National Urban League dated 1958-1959. Letters were sent from Rangoon, Burma, Karachi-Bound, Dar-es-salaam, and Accra, Ghana. He refers to his three-month tour through parts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Relays his encounter with the presence of colonialism, racism and economic standing from his tour.
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