William Edward Burghardt "W.E.B." DuBois wrote to Alexander Jackson requesting his assessment of the spring 1927 Chicago mayoral race between Republican William Emmett Dever and Democrat William Hale Thompson. DuBois is particularly interested in attitudes among African Americans toward the outcome of the election.
Arthur L. Jackson wrote to W.E.B. DuBois about the Brooklyn Boys' Work Conference in Englewood in 1926. Jackson requested DuBois give a speech at another meeting to convince African American high school boys to continue their education.
