{"id":57,"date":"2022-04-04T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/?p=57"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:30:06","slug":"letter-from-w-e-b-du-bois-to-miss-m-b-marston-march-11-1907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/letter-from-w-e-b-du-bois-to-miss-m-b-marston-march-11-1907\/","title":{"rendered":"To Miss M. B. Marston, March 11, 1907"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-57-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/steal-away-4_21_22-4.17-PM.wav?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/steal-away-4_21_22-4.17-PM.wav\">https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/steal-away-4_21_22-4.17-PM.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151\" style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/10StealAway.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/10StealAway.gif\" alt=\"sheet music for Steal Away\" width=\"454\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Steal Away&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i style=\"color: #333333;font-size: 16px\">Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus!<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Sundquist, 512)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-17\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"17\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"To Marston 1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-18\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"18\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"To Marston 2\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">REV. HORACE BUMSTEAD, D. D.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PRESIDENT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Atlanta University\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">REV. MYRON W. ADAMS, Ph. D.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DEAN\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Atlanta, Ga., March 11, 1907.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miss M. B. Marston,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">420 S. Main St.,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wichita, Kans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My dear Madam: \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I thank you for your letter without date. I have given a wrong impression in my book if I have led people to believe that I want the colored people to have simply equality with other people \u2013 what I have tried to ask for is justice, treatment according to desert and I have tried to put especial emphasis upon this. I want the colored people to have the right to develop according to their capacity and I certainly would be disappointed if they did not develop much higher things than the white race has developed to. I sympathize too with the women in their struggle for emancipation. I believe in full rights for human beings without distinction of race or sex. At the same time I hesitate to say anything concerning women\u2019s rights because most women in the United States are so narrow that anything I should say would be misinterpreted. The Negro race has suffered more from the antipathy ans narrowness of women both South and North than from any other single source. While then I should be very glad to say any word which I was sure would help, I do not at present see that there is much chance for me to help in your cause. I wish it however, the greatest success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Very sincerely yours,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[no signature]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Miss M. B. Marston, March 11, 1907. W. E. B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. https:\/\/credo.library.umass.edu\/view\/full\/mums312-b003-i318.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus! (Sundquist, 512) &nbsp; Transcript: REV. HORACE BUMSTEAD, D. D.\u00a0 PRESIDENT Atlanta University\u00a0 REV. MYRON W. ADAMS, Ph. D.\u00a0 DEAN\u00a0 Atlanta, Ga., March 11, 1907.\u00a0 Miss M. B. Marston,\u00a0 420 S. Main St.,\u00a0 Wichita, Kans.\u00a0 My dear Madam: \u2013\u00a0 I thank you for your letter without date. 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