Repression In the South and the Bassett Resignation
An analysis of the pressure that forced Trinity College professor Spencer Bassett to resign after praising fair treatment of Black people and Booker T Washington. The piece draws parallels to past pro-slavery repression and notes ongoing South to North intellectual migration, citing Andrew Sledd’s similar case.
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Spencer Bassett
Trinity College
Durham
Ws. C
Bassett
Booker Washington
EF. Lee
South
Charleston
Suth
New Orleans
Richmond
Wieir
Basset
Andrew Sledd
Have an Aim in Life at Thankewiving Forum
A raw transcription of a speech delivered at the Thankewiving Forum in Salt Pond Chapel on a November evening. The speaker argues that man is free to choose paths amid temptations, and that success requires a clear aim in life. Emphasizes diligence, perseverance, and racial uplift, urging Negro readers to set and pursue high goals in arts, science, and literature.
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Salt Pond Chapel
Tamales
Sermes
Leon
van Wether
Missouri's Educational Exhibit Weighs One Sixteenth Pound
Judge J H Hawthorn of Kansas City chairs Missouri World’s Fair Education panel in urging teachers to contribute a small exhibit weight per pupil. Prof G V Buchanan notes the effort aims to collect 12,000 Missouri teachers’ work, tallying about twelve tons of material across recitations drawings maps charts and supervised classroom projects.
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Missouri
J. H. Hawthorn
Kansas City
Department of Education
Missouri World's Fair Commission
G. V. Buchanan
Buchanan
NO NEGRO PARTY WANTED IN NATIONAL POLITICS
The Boston black voters are urged to ignore race based party lines and support the Republican approach to rights. The piece condemns attempts to form an independent national or state black voters party, calling it divisive and harmful. It argues the Democratic and Republican parties already defend rights, urging blacks to follow national leaders and avoid race politics.
Black minister presents frank race view before Sedalia Alliance
Dr. J. Will Jackson, D. D., reading his Nov 30 paper on the Race Question to the Sedalia white Ministers Alliance drew praise from the Sedalia Democrat and Globe Democrat. The appeal praised his honesty, sobriety, and dignity, noting he spoke without apology as a black man and honored both family and race.
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J. Will Jackson
I. H
St. Joseph
M. F. Church
Ministerial Alliance
Sedalia
Jackson
South
Crat
Ministers
Alliance
M. BE
Jacoby
Democrat
Globe Democrat
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Cahia
Wien
Kerri
Wren
Hichers Log
Blaeiy
Avaitte
Wachenger
Boston
North
Ery
Brethren
Geo
The
Follies
Toston
Ional
Washington
Ted
West
United States
Nations
Ais
Ilobe
D. D
White Ministerial Alliance
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