Word: negro
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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William Astor has promised $1,000.000 to found a negro university in Oklahama...
...opening article in the Atlantic for June is on the "Education of the Negro," by W. T. Harris. For men who are interested in the great race-problem of our country, and especially of the South, the article cannot fail to be of great value, especially from the comments in the shape of foot-notes to the text by such high authorities as the Hon. R. L. Gibson of Louisiana, Hon. J. L. M. Curry, Philip A. Bruce, and Lewis H. Blair...
Brewer.(b) Negro Melody...
Professor Goodale recounted his journey through India, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, giving views of the palms and all plant life. A grove of cocoanut palms is always a sign of a negro village in Ceylon. The growth and culture of tea is the principal occupation of the inhabitants of this island. Besides the cocoanut, cabbage and pinnate palms, the forests contain a curious growth called rain trees which drip with moisture. Vines called runners or climbers, covered with blossoms cling about the palms to a height of fifty feet. Next to the palm, the bamboo is the most...
...well to free himself of the idea that great books go by fashion but we must read some books because the world is reading them; we must keep "in touch" with society. Such was the popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin that Thackeray regretted he had not made a negro the hero of Henry Esmond which appeared in the same year...