A letter from Margaret Sanger on behalf of the Birth Control Federation of America, 1941.

This letter from Margaret Sanger, the honorary chairman of the Birth Control Federation of America, was sent from the Division of Negro Service of the Birth Control Federation. The letter’s purpose is to invite the recipient (likely W. E. B. Du Bois) to participate in National Negro Service Committee, which would promote birth control in the African American community.

Citation Information
Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau, “Letter from Birth Control Federation of America,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/de9961d88ff6559ad7ffeebd466cb54f.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries via Digital Commonwealth.

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