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Booker T. Washington Visit to Pensacola, 1912

 Digital Record
Identifier: Digital Object ID ##qkse6x

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.

Physical Description Note

Digital clipping from digitized newspaper, The Washington Bee, March 9, 1912.

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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