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National Urban League Negro Digest [July 1948]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.212 Author/Creator: National Urban League Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: July 1948 Pagination: 98 p. ; 19.6 x 13.7 cm. Order a Copy

One issue of Negro Digest dated July 1948. Contains writing by African American authors illustrating the African American experience through travel and history essays. This issue includes an essay by Gregory Peck pertaining to prejudice, Southern segregation, military training, and history of the oldest interracial community.

Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003

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