- Title
- Articles and Speeches by N. C. Newbold, 1935-1936
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- Date
- 1935 - 1936
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- Creator
- ["North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction."]
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- Place
- ["Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States","Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States","Emporia (independent city), Virginia, United States","Saint Louis (independent city), Missouri, United States"]
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- Local Call Number
- Division of Negro Education, Articles and Speeches by N. C. Newbold, Box 2
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- MARS ID
- 104.336
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Articles and Speeches by N. C. Newbold, 1935-1936
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SOME INDICATIONS OF PROGRESS MADE BY NEGRO PEOPLE
EMPORIA, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 4,1935
Sine 1865 progress made by Negroes is one of
the most significant facts of American history. It is
doubtful if any one familiar with our country's de-
velopment for the past seventy years will attempt to
controvert that statement.
Progress by this group in our national pop-
ulation has been remarkable, even phenominal, in many
fields of human endeavor. This is true in education,
in medicine and science, in business and industry, in
literature and art, ain land and home ownership and in
religion.
To tell the story of progress and growth in
any adequate manner, would require much time and many
volumes. The best that can be done hre, by the present
speaker at least, is to tell in bare outline the few
facts he knows in five or ten minutes.
1. Progress in Education: Fifty thousand
Negro teachers in the South, have within the past ten