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Note: Case 21 contains audio and video clips.
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Case Eleven

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CORRESPONDENTS

scanned letter

BROOKS, Gwendolyn. Typed letter, signed, enclosing poem "Medgar Evers," undated.

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LEVINE, Philip. Autograph letter, signed, undated.

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ACHEBE, Chinua. Typed letter, signed. 21 May 1987.
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Williams and Achebe, Lagos, Nigeria. January 1965.

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scanned title page, signed, for things fall apart

ACHEBE, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Fawcett Premier Book (1969). First paperback edition, inscribed to Williams.

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BEARDEN, Romare. Autograph letter, signed, undated.
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scanned christmas card
BEARDEN, Romare and Nanette. Christmas card, featuring a reproduction of Bearden's painting Black Mother and Child, signed "Love, Nanette and Romie."
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Original Carl van Vechten photograph of John O. Killens. 1954.

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John O. Killens and Williams. 4 April 1984.

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KILLENS, John Oliver. Typed letter signed. 16 April 1986.
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Williams with Henry Roth. Spain, 1966.
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ROTH, Henry. Typed letter signed. 25 July 1966.

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scanned telegram

HUGHES, Langston. Original telegram, to Williams. [1965].

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REED, Ishmael. Typed letter, signed. 24 September 1975.

scanned title page, signed, for mumbo jumbo

REED, Ishmael. Mumbo Jumbo. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (1972). First edition, signed by Reed.

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