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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07934 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1890s |
| Title | Address of Booker T. Washington, principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, before the Hamilton Club, Chicago |
| Date | 31 January 1896 |
| Author | Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | With autograph corrections. Washington's address establishes that he believes in the African American to be the glue that holds and can hold the North and the South together. He believes that African Americans in both the North and South struggle to better themselves as individuals and as a people, and that this can help improve both regions. |
| Subjects | African American Author African American History Reconstruction Education |
| People | Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) |
| Place written | Tuskegee, Alabama |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Education; Agriculture; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |