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BONTEMPS, ARNA. Typed Letter Signed, to composer William Grant Still, accepting his advice in choosing people appropriate for his book on the

BONTEMPS, ARNA. Typed Letter Signed, to composer William Grant Still, accepting his advice in choosing people appropriate for his book on the achievements of younger negroes ("We Have Tomorrow" 1945), and listing some of the figures he would include. One page, 4to. Chicago, 18 May 1942

  • Notes: Bontemps (1902-1973), teacher, poet, and novelist published his first novel "God Sends Sunday" in 1931 and later worked closely with Langston Hughes and Jack Conroy writing for younger readers. From 1943 until his retirement, he was head librarian at Fisk University.

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