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Thomas, Walker Wilmer--Pensacola Notes--1912

 Digital Record
Identifier: Digital Object ID ##swtv8l

Dates

  • Digitized: 1912

Summary Note

Walker Wilmer Thomas (Walker W. Thomas) of 429 N. DeVillier St., Pensacola, Florida was a newspaper columnis for The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN; an African-American newspaper), reporting on black society in Pensacola.

  &nnsp; This column of March 22, 1912 reports on the visit of Dr. Booker T. Washington to Pensacola as well as marriages and activities of Pensacol's African-American society.

Rights Statement Note

Photographs and images may not be sold, marketed, or used for commercial applications without express permission from the University of West Florida. Researchers may use photographs and images from these collections provided credit is given to the University Archives and West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, Pensacola.

Physical Description Note

Digital clipping from digitized issue of The Freeman, March 22, 1912, p. 4.

Contributor Note

Contributor: Added by Dean DeBolt, 14 September 2015.

Repository Details

Part of the UWF University Archives and West Florida History Center Repository

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