The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-08-14
PUSHING PLANS
FOR EXPOSITION
Chicago Celebration to Have
Many Special Features.
EVENT Of NATIONAL SCOPE.
Picture Of Fort Constructed by John
Brown and Box Used For the
Transportation Of Slaves to Be Put
on Exh;bition-ScheduIs of Leading
Organization Days. sa ....
By N. BARNETT noDsoN.

BY N. BARNETT DODSoN.
Chicago.-Now that the Richmond
(va) exposition has closed all eyes are
centered ON the one to be held In this
city from Aug. % to Sept. 16, inclu-
sive. The fact that during the time.
from the beginning Of the celebration
to its close, fifty-four organizations,
nearly all national In the scope of their
work. will render special programs
adds new and varied interest to the
occasion. The last day Of the coming
exposition will be known officially as
Illinois day. .... :, ,..
The Roman Catholic section of the
exposition looks very favorable, says
/. the Lincoln Sentinel, the official organ
of the commission. Our exhibits from
the converts, churches and schools are
coming In from all quarters. We are
receiving very fattering letters from
reliable sources, wishing the manage
ment godspeed. One Catholic bishop
writes us about the Negro-that 1t is
iio hCuAty "ioh 40 WCil US HIS wen
grounded hope that the tremendous
strides made In these years may be
continued and even surpassed In the
second half Of the century, and to this
end the approaching exposition will be
no small contributor.
Friday, Sept. 10, will be Tuskegee
(Ala.) institute day, and In the section
headed "The Dawn Of Truth" will be
shown the progress Of the race from
Appomattox Court House, Va. to Tus-
kegee institute, Alabama. Part Of this
section depicts King Cotton in his glory.
and part 2 will show the Genius Of
Liberty at home and abroad. This sec
ton will be studded at its four corners
with life size pictures Of q. 8. Grant,
Booker T. Washington, Fred Douglass
and Stephen A. Douglas.
Another feature of this half century
of freedom celebration will be that
presented by John Browns daughter,
who will exhibit a lock of her fathers
hair and q model of fort constructed
by John Brown. A box used In the
transportation of slaves on the under
ground railroad will also be shown to
the public. perhaps for the first time.
Aside from the hundreds Of other at
fractions, everybody will want to see
the daughter Of the man who struck
the blow for human liberty at Harpers
Ferry, in 1859, which quickly brought
on the civil war and which, after four
years, terminated In the freedom of
the slaves and the final surrender of
Robert e. Lee to Ulysses 8. Grant at
Appomattox Court House, Va, April 8.
1866. - ..t
Among the organizations listed un-
der the head of special feature days
at the exposition from Aug. % to Sept.
16 are the National Medical associa-
ton, contention Of the Order Of Elks,
Grand Army Of the Republic, congress
of anti-slavery workers, Ancient Order
of Foresters, Knights Of Tabor, inter
national interracial congress, Ancient
United Knights Of Daughters Of Africa.
Grand United Order OF True Reform
ers, Grand United Order Of Odd Eel
lows, Spanish-American war veterans,
Eighth Illinois regiment national guard,
farmers congress, Negro Authors So
ciety, Sunday school congress and the
national congress Of fraternal workers.
Thomas Wallace Swami, secretary
Of the commission, has been in COM
munication with persons Of influence
and leadership in racial uplift work in
all sections Of the country. He has Sc
cured from these persons an abun-
dance of information as to the prog
ress Of the race in their sections during
the past year. Through this CORE
spondence the commission will be in
position to present many more exhibits
from individuals than 1t could have OBJ
tanned otherwise.