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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04297.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1910s |
| Title | Needs and progress of the Negro |
| Date | 25 October 1915 |
| Author | Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Printed leaflet of an address delivered by Washington at the annual meeting of the American Missionary Association. First page contains the New York address of the Missionary Association and a photograph of Washington. Text indicates that this is only part of Washington's presentation. Contents discuss race relations in America. Outlines the vast growth in academic opportunities for African-Americans since the Civil War, but stresses that much work still has to be done in funding schools for blacks: "There is sometimes much talk of the inferiority of the Negro. In practice, however, the idea appears to be that he is a sort of superman. He is expected, with about one-fifth or one-tenth of what the whites receive for their education, to make as much progress as they are making." Contains some marks in red pen. Previously contained within GLC04297.01. |
| Subjects | Progressive Era African American History Education |
| People | Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) Goff, Lyman B. (1841-1927) Thornton, Almira (1842-1921) |
| Place written | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Theme | African Americans; Education; Religion |
| 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 |
| Related documents | The Future of the American Negro |