"Dear Little Daughter"

16 March 2014: It's been a while since I checked in on the "Letters of Note" blog. Today I saw the latest entry, a 1914 letter from W.E.B. DuBois to his daughter. In an independent study I'm doing with one of our graduate students this semester, we read some selections from DuBois. I'm always struck by his poignant, elegant writing, his clear sense of what needs to be done for African Americans to succeed. His advice to his little girl in this letter--to a 14 year-old across the sea, studying in England--is just lovely and sweet and kind of perfect. Give it a read. I am glad that I did.