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Hall, George Cleveland (1864- 1930)

African-Americans Library Medicine Philanthropy

Grimké, Francis James (1850-1937)

African-Americans Civil Rights Religion

George, Albert B. (1875?-1940)

African-Americans Law

George William Cook to Jane Addams, August 17, 1912

Cook thanks Addams for her defense of black Americans and urges her to continue to be a voice during the Progressive Party campaign for the presidency.

African-Americans Politics Praise

Frederick H. Deknatel to the Editor of the New York Tribune, January 6, 1902

Deknatel writes on Addams behalf, disputing an article which states that she is in favor of lynching African-Americans.

African-Americans Crime

Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School for Nurses

African-Americans Education Medicine

Fourth Pan-African Congress (1928)

African-Americans Conferences Race

Fortune, Timothy Thomas (1856-1928)

African-Americans Civil Rights Journalism

Florence Wells to Edward T. Ware, February 9, 1914

Wells informs Ware that Addams is out of the city, and his letter has been given to Sophonisba Breckenridge, who in interested in the advancement of African-Americans.

African-Americans Requests

First Pan-African Congress (1919)

African-Americans Race

Farmers' Improvement Society School Also known as Farmers' Improvement College Also known as Farmers' Home Improvement Society

African-Americans Education Finance Industry Labor Philanthropy

Farmers' Improvement Society Also known as Farmers' Home Improvement Society

African-Americans

Evelyn Pearl to Jane Addams, January 7, 1912

Pearl writes Addams for advice about starting a settlement house for African Americans.

African-Americans Medicine Race Settlement Movement

Edwin Rogers Embree to Jane Addams, October 31, 1928

Embree asks Addams for a book on Mexicans in Chicago and suggests she consult with Franklin McLean on his work on Black medical care.

African-Americans Books Public Health Requests

Edwin C. Walker to Edward W. Bill, Jr., August 8, 1912

Walker writes Bill to resign from the 23rd Assembly District Progressive Club, citing Theodore Roosevelt's denial of full rights to African-Americans in the South as sinful and shameful.

African-Americans Criticism Woman Suffrage

Edward T. Ware to Jane Addams, February 5, 1914

Ware asks Addams for advice for a fundraising visit to Chicago to benefit Atlanta University.

African-Americans Charities Education Requests

Edgar Gardner Murphy to Jane Addams, November 7, 1909

Murphy writes Addams to tell her that her new book is an inspiration to him and shares some of his own ideas about children and the treatment of African Americans in the North and South.

African-Americans Children Youth

Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore (1875-1935)

African-Americans Education Journalism Poetry United States Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868-1963) Also known as Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt

African-Americans Civil Rights Education Literature Peace Politics Social Welfare

Du Bois, Nina Gomer (1871-1950)

African-Americans Civil Rights

Discuss Negroes Yearly, June 2, 1909

Article about the creation of a permanent committee, on which Jane Addams was invited to serve, coming out of the Conference on the Status of the Negro.

African-Americans Conferences

Demby, Edward Thomas (1869-1957)

African-Americans Religion

Daytona Literary and Training School for Negro Girls

African-Americans Education

Curtis, Helen Noble (1874-1961)

African-Americans Peace Religion Social Work

Cooper, Lottie (1885?-?)

African-Americans Civil Rights United States

Cook, George William (1855-1931)

African-Americans Education

Colored Woman's Civic Club to Jane Addams, August 6-7, 1912

The Colored Woman's Civic Club thanks Addams for her support black rights at the Progressive Party Convention.

African-Americans Praise Thanks

Colored Farmers of Texas, August 19, 1912

In this article, Rayner advocates for the advantages for African Americans to attend college.

African-Americans Education Employment Race

Chicago State Council of Defense, Committee on Colored Women in Industry

African-Americans Industry

Charles Henry Dennis to Jane Addams, June 17, 1925

Dennis tells Addams that he will be out of the city and cannot participate in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People dinner.

African-Americans Requests

Celia Parker Woolley to Jane Addams, October 8, 1912

Woolley thanks Addams for sending an article and discusses her views on Theodore Roosevelt.

African-Americans Politics Racism

Celia Parker Woolley to Jane Addams, August 7, 1912

Woolley praises Addams for standing up for African-Americans at the Progressive Party Convention.

African-Americans Praise Public Opinion

Carter, Elizabeth H. Madison (1865-1929)

African-Americans United States

Carter, Carrielee (1896-1970)

African-Americans Home Economics United States Women's Rights

Carey, Archibald J. (1868-1931)

African-Americans Religion

Call for a Lincoln Conference on the Negro Question, February 12, 1909

Addams is one of a number of people who sign a call for a conference to examine the situation of African-Americans since emancipation. Various versions of the call appeared in newspapers across the country.

African-Americans Civil Rights Conferences Racism

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Bulkley, William Lewis (1867-1933)

African-Americans Civil Rights Education

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Brown, John (1800-1859)

African-Americans Race

Brooks, William H. (1858-1923)

African-Americans Religion

Brief Summary of the Work of the Chicago Urban League, August 1, 1917

The Urban League reports the organizations, government agencies, and newspapers that it works with and describes its activities, including employment and welfare work.

African-Americans Employment Social Work