To Julian Bond from Russell Atkins, C. L. Jordan, and Adelaide Simon, ca. 14 Nov 1967

6005 GRAND AVE

Cleveland, Ohio

44104

MR. JULIAN BOND

House of Representatives

Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Mr. Bond:

Thanks for your reply. I think the solution to this is in your letter. Since you placed no title on your poem suppose we extract one from your letter thus:

SOME NEGROES SAID:

'Langston Hughes

writes of Harlem's

simple folks

We are not impressed!

We don't like to see ourselves

with our sould^s undressed.'

Would this be agreeable to you? If so, we await your reply and confirmation.

Thanks for being patient with us.

Yours sincerely

[signed] [illegible]

Russell Atkins, C.L.Jordan Adelaide Simon, Editors

P.S. The lines in the poem remain unchanged.

[The following is the marginal content of the letterhead.]

The Free Lance . . . A MAGAZINE OF VERSE

A Publication of FREE LANCE POETS AND PROSE WORKSHOP, Incorporated

Dear Friends:

Your addition is quite all right with me.

When will you publish?

Sincerely,