Booker T. Washington Visit to Pensacola, 1912

Digital Record

Identifier: Digital Object ID ##qkse6x

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Dates

Digitized: 1912

Summary Note

Report of Booker T. Washington's trip to Pensacola, from The Washington Bee (Washington, DC; an African-American newspaper), March 9, 1912. Article notes appearance at Pensacola Opera House, audience of 2,000 Negroes, and 800 whites in the balcony, introduction by Pensacola Mayor Frank Reilly, and Dr. Washington's comments, party, and local arrangements.

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.