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Negro self uplifting at Tuskegee conference in Alabama
Book er T Washington welcomed colored farmers from Alabama and surrounding states as they shared personal struggles and triumphs in obtaining homes. Speakers described debt, credit habits, education, and practical work, with humor and hopeful resolve toward owning land free of encumbrance.
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New York Evening Post
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Conference
Yankee Land
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Fool's Paradise
Booker Washoe
Isaacs
Burroughs
Elmore County
Mr. Washington
Chillen
Elder
Bullock County
Son
Wilson
Coosa County
Tennell
Barbour County
Washington
Moody and Pagein
McKinney
St. Paul
Ture
Ecucetien
Hisscutt
Overton
Stepney
Gilmore
Butler County
Oldster
Coleman
Mills
Africa
Reese
Mississippi
Jesus
Reynolds
Talladega County
Tuskegee