The Negro in American history; men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent (1914) (14763660582)

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Title: The Negro in American history; men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent

Year: 1914 (1910s)

Authors: Cromwell, John W. (John Wesley), b. 1846

Subjects: African Americans -- History African Americans Slavery -- United States

Publisher: Washington, The American Negro academy

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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. To supply the necessities of the school it became Washingtonsduty to travel through the country and place before philan-thropists the condition and the needs of his school. It is ratherremarkable as one incident of his journeyings that he never re-ceived a personal insult from the whites while traveling in theSouth. Once he entered a Pullman palace car, in Georgia, whento his surprise he found present some white ladies from NewEngland who invited Mm to a seat by their side. He endeavoredto excuse himself, but they insisted. Next they ordered supper.This added to his embarrassment, for he knew the custom of theSouth. But he was further in it when one of the ladies pre-pared and served some tea. At the first opportunity he excusedhimself to go to the smoking car to test the effect of this novelsight in a Southern State. He was agreeably surprised to findman after man come forward, introduce himself and commendhim for his work. The circumstances that led to the appearance of Washington

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be > BOOKER T. WASHINGTON 207 before Northern audiences to promote his work at Tiiskegeeis unusually interesting. About 1885 General Armstrong invitedWashington to accompany him North and to speak. When heaccepted he found that the General had planned a series of meet-ings with a quartet of singers and that they were to be held inthe interest of Tuskegee, though the Hampton Institute was tobear all the expenses. This was the beginning of a phenomenal tour which firstbrought the attention of the nation and the world to the re-markable work carried on at Tuskegee under Washingtons di-rection and management. It was not a path strewn by rosesthat he was to tread; there were many thorns, and rough stoneshe had to encounter on his way. After walking miles in thecountry to meet some special individual he often met little or noencouragement. Such was his first meeting with Andrew Car-negie and Collis P. Huntingdon, the great railroad king. Laterthese men gave their thousands. Once he found

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