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Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915
My Larger Education: Being Chapters from My Experience.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911.

HON. P. B. S. PINCHBACK OF LOUISIANA
Lieutenant-Governor 1871-72, and afterward Congressman
BLANCHE K. BRUCE OF MISSISSIPPI
Who was born a slave, but was the first Negro to become a member of the United States Senate
MAJOR JOHN R. LYNCH, U. S. A.
Who served as a member of Congress from Mississippi
CHARLES BANKS
"He has taught me the value of common-sense in dealing with conditions as they exist in the South"

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Subjects:
  • Government officials--Louisiana.
  • Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921.
  • Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898.
  • Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939.
  • Banks, Charles.
  • African Americans.
  • Government officials--Mississippi.
  • Legislators--Louisiana.
  • Legislators--Mississippi.
  • Politicians--Louisiana.
  • Politicians--Mississippi.