The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-14
SAYS NEGROES ARE MAKING
SPLENDID STRIDES IN SOUTH
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at the individual who is believed to
be guilty.
Il have said and believe that. rs a
general thing. the Negro is better of
in the South than in the North. IL Is
true that xhere are Negroes in the
North who prosper. But there Is a
more kindly feeling between indiviGu
ais of the two races in the South. The
Negro has the same chance now d.
the white man in business matters.
The Negro merchant can borrow
money as readily at the bank, he can
get credit for his goods from the
Wholesaler on the same basis With
contracts II Is the same, many con-
tracts for large buildings having been
let to Negroes.
"A bank has been started Icy
( Negroes in Montgomery. Ala, the first
4 OF the kind there, and it has been
helped and encouraged by the white
people. The Negro has an equal
! chance with the white man in work
requiring skilled labor. You get
wrong idea of conditions in the South
because you hear only from the cities.
IL Is in the country and the small
I. towns. where 50 per cent OF the
Negroes live, that the improvement in
the race is most marked
ut must be remembered that the
South is great country, one OF wide
extent. know OF no place on eartn
where SO many black people live
alongside of so many white people
y with so little trouble
DR.. Washington is a man of medium
y size and is carefully and quietly
dressed. He is lighter in color than
z most of his race and has deep gray
blue eyes. His features are OF strong
Negro type, however, and his hair
close and curly. His speech is that
of professor, as he is. One is sur
\ prised TO learn that he is in his fifty
fourth year, his appearance being that
OF a man nearer 40.
j. L. Hudson, Abner F. Larned
Charles b. Sawyer. John r. Russell
! and G. ID. Pope. formed the commit;
\ tee which met DR.. Washington at the
y Michigan Central station and took
him to the Hotel Cadillac He was
y later taken on an automobile trip
a which included a stop at the Y. NJ. &.
A. TO inspect that building.
There was some difficulty in locat-
ing DR. Washington at the station. the
Il Negro porters on the train evidently
y being ignorant of the fact that the
great educator of their race was a
passenger. One subject on which
(, Booker T. Washington refused alb.
y solutely TO talk was in regard TO Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Booker Wsshington's Career
81 Booker Taliaferro Washington has
Gone more for the ameliOration OF his
!. race than any other man IN America.
s His entire life has beeu devoted to-
the work of educating the Negro he
y was born in Virginia in 1886 and was
graduated from Hampton institute in
h 1876. He became teacher al Hamp.
+ ton and soon attracted che attention
n or educators throughout the United
H States. In 1881. when he was only -
h years old. he was elected by the Ala
Il bsma authorities TO the presidency OF
y Tuskegee. He organized the institute
and To his tireles energy and the con
idence he inspires rs due the growth
and reputation oil his remarkable edu-
cational institution. he is a brilliant
orator. n deep thinker, and pro.
( found student lie H. diving the Ne
gle problem" in the south aiong educa.
q tional lines
When the Tuskegee Normal and In
/ fimtrial Institute opened as doors in
{1SSi, II had one teacher and so pupils.
|. To-day the population Of the school
communlty is nearly 1000. including
1Sb teachers. officers aud employees
From its foundation nearly 1900 MEL
md women have finished iu!l or
pnrvial course and are doing good
XRcrk, mainly Ak teachers and indus
<rial workers, Students no Tukagee
arc faughttQ On themselves for prac
1ical wora, such as agriculture me-
9hanlcal Industries. carpentry, print
|.ype. etc Practically all the buildings
&c4mposing the institute nave been
Hefscted By students In all his great
work Dr. Washington has had the