To W. E. B. Du Bois
19 March 1956
Montgomery, Ala.
Earlier in March Du Bois had sent King the first stanza of the poem,
Battle Hymn, written by Gustavus Adolphus in 1630. "Fear not,
O little flock the foe / That madly seeks thine overthrow / Dread not
[h]is rage and power / What through thy courage sometime faints? / Its
seeming power o'er God's saints / Lasts but a little hour". King may
not have seen the verse; his office sent Du Bois this form letter of
thanks.
Dear Friends:
This is a note to express my deepest gratitude to you for your kind letter.
Such letters from friends sympathetic with our momentous struggle for
justice give us renewed vigor and courage to carry on.
With every good wish, I am
Cordially yours,
[signed]
M. L. King, Jr.,
President
MLK/ehr
TLSr. WEBD-MU.
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