Title: An appeal to the king
Description: Bowen was a professor of historical theology. He gives an oration on the achievements of African Americans thirty years out of slavery. He covers African American history, makes a plea for African American education, and ends with a vision of the "new Negro" who has been freed from slavery and who has the desire and potential to aid further in building the nation.
Subjects: African Americans, Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.), Social conditions, Race relations