BISHOP FRANCIS J. McCONNELL
President

REV. SAMUEL McCREA CAVERT
General Secretary

FRANK H. MANN
Treasurer

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
(INCORPORATED)

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Commission on Race Relations

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OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION

GEORGE C. CLEMENT, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES N. LATHROP, CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION
EVA HILLS EASTMAN, CHAIRMAN FINANCE COMMITTEE
EDWARD T. DEVINE, CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC LIFE COMMITTEE
GEORGE E. HAYNES
WILL W. ALEXANDER
KATHERINE GARDNER
SECRETARIES

January 23, 1931

Mr. Langston Hughes,
Box 94,
Westfield, N.J.

My dear Mr. Hughes:

With real pleasure I write to inform you that the judges of the
William E. Harmon Awards for Distinguished Achievement among
Negroes have selected you for the award in Literature for 1930
which consists of a gold medal and an honorarium of $400.00.

This award will be presented to you at a public ceremony on Race Relations Sunday, February 8, 1931, 5:30 p.m., at St. James Presbyterian Church, 141st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. Full information about the arrangements will be sent you soon.

Official announcement has been sent to the newspapers throughout
the United States for publication January 26. We would appre-
ciate your keeping this letter confidential until that date.
Should information about the award in connection with facts about
you be sought by newspapers, we would appreciate your courtesy in
using official statements from the enclosed leaflet.

In the name of the Harmon Foundation and the Commission on Race
Relations, Federal Council of Churches, I extend to you most
hearty congratulations upon your past achievement. We hope
that this distinguished recognition may stimulate you to
increased effort and encourage many others.

With cordial greetings, I remain

H-f
Encl.

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SAMUEL MCCREA CAVERT
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MRS. HENRY HILL PIERCE
CO-CHAIRMEN

GEORGE E. HAYNES
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Department of Race Relations

June 27, 1944

Mr. Langston Hughes
634 St. Nicholas Ave.
New York, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Hughes:

In cooperation with the Church of the Brethren, we are holding an Interracial Institute for conscientious objectors at Camp Kane, Pa. The Institute is conducted by having public forums for all the men in the Camp who wish to attend and discussion groups following for those especially interested. To date our forum meetings have averaged about forty and the discussion groups vary from 15-27.

During June and July we are dealing with White-Negro Relations on a background of forums on the sociological, anthropological and psychological phases of race relations given by scientists in these fields.

We wish now to deal with the theme "The Literary and Dramatic Contributions of Negro-Americans." We cordially invite you to come and conduct the forum on this subject and to read some of your poems which several of the men have expressed a desire to hear as they have read from one or two of your volumes.

We are carrying on this Institute in the belief that many of these men, some of whom are southerners, after the war will stand as strongly for equal rights to all in our democracy in the conscience and courage they are now standing up against war.

As you may know, the Government does not compensate these men in any way for the work they are doing in the forests and that much of their upkeep is given by the church bodies that support these camps. This camp is kept by the Church of the Brethren. We hope, therefore, you could come if we cover expenses and without honorarium. In case you think you cannot, please let me know the minimum honorarium in addition to expenses would be necessary to secure your services. We now have dates of July 6-7 and July 20-21 open. As the men work in the forests during the day, we are hoping you can stay for two evenings, one for the forum and the other for discussion groups.

Yours sincerely,

George E. Haynes
Executive Secretary