The information and sample article links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/). Use the Suggested Search Terms and Dates to explore this topic further in Chronicling America.
Jump to: Sample Articles
Important Dates:
- September 18, 1895. Washington delivers his “Atlanta Compromise” address at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, GA. He was the first African-American man to address a racially-mixed Southern audience.
- August 24, 1900. The National Negro Business League, established by Washington, holds its first meeting.
- 1901: Washington’s widely-read autobiography Up From Slavery is published.
- October 16, 1901. President Theodore Roosevelt invites Washington to dine at the White House.
- January 1906: Washington, the first head of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, AL, speaks at Carnegie Hall to commemorate the Institute’s 25th Anniversary.
- November 14, 1915. Washington dies in Tuskegee, AL at age 59.
Suggested Search Strategies:
- [Try the following terms in combination, proximity, or as
phrases using Search
Pages in Chronicling America.] Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Atlanta Exposition, National Negro Business League, Roosevelt, autobiography.
- To narrow search results, use “Booker T. Washington” as a search term not “Booker Washington” or “Washington” as there are several other unrelated newspaper references to both “Booker” and “Washington”
Sample Articles from Chronicling America:
- "Atlanta's Big Fair Opened,"
New York Tribune (New York, NY),
September 19, 1895, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
- "The National Negro Business League,"
The Colored American (Washington, DC),
November 24, 1900, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
- "Booker T. Washington Tells how He came up from Slavery,"
The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, MO),
March 17, 1901, Page 9, Image 48, col. 4.
- "President Commended,"
The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN),
October 19, 1901, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
- "Roosevelt Denounced by the Southern Press,"
The Times (Richmond, VA),
October 20, 1901, Page 9, Image 9, col. 1.
- "The President Upheld,"
The Colored American (Washington, DC),
October 26, 1901, Page 9, Image 9, col. 1.
- "Uphold Him,"
Akron Daily Democrat (Akron, OH),
October 28, 1901, Page 1, Image, 1 col. 6.
- "President Roosevelt Will Invite More Negroes to White House,"
The Desert Evening News (Great Salt Lake City, UT),
November 9, 1901, Page 17, Image 17, col. 1.
- "Booker Taliaferro Washington,"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA),
January 18, 1903, Page 12, Image 12, col. 1.
- "Booker T. Washington in Carnegie Hall Last Week,"
The New York Tribune (New York, NY),
January 28, 1906, Page 1, Image 15, col. 1.
- "Washington the Educator,"
The Seattle Republican (Seattle, WA),
June 21, 1912, Page 5, Image 5, col. 1.
- "B. T. Washington Dead,"
The New York Tribune (New York, NY),
November 15, 1915, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
|