McKAY, CLAUDE. Autograph Letter Signed, to Walter White at NAACP headquarters, speaking of his bad health, his writing and making references to White's ability to straddle the color line because of his light skin. 4 pages, 4to; with the mailing envelope. Toulon, France, 02 September 1924
McKay's letter is remarkably candid on a number of issues, "It's no good dragging on a half invalid like this. Don't tell this to anyone but I suffer from cloudiness of the brain and get the very vivid and definite feeling sometimes that I shall become insane . . . My book represents the experiences of two intelligent coloured youths trying to find ordinary decent work in a Northern city . . . it is really a series of situations through which these young coloured men pass. One finally commits suicide, and the other remains a problem. Nothing is solved."
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