- Title
- Era of progress and promise, 1863-1910 : the religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation
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- Date
- 1910
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- Creator
- ["Hartshorn, W. N. (William Newton), 1843-1920."]
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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Era of progress and promise, 1863-1910 : the religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation
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Albert S. Wbite
Louisville, Ky.
A. S. White
Mr. White is dean of the Central Law School, Law Depart¬
ment of State University, Louisville, Ky.; president of the
National Negro Bar Association, and president of the Negro Bar
Association of Kentucky. He was born in Louisville June 25,
1868. His parents early instilled
in him a love for the Bible and
the Christian religion. He was a
precocious child. With the assist¬
ance of his aunt he learned to
read, and when a mere “ tot ”
developed a taste for good litera¬
ture which has increased.
Entering the public schools of
Louisville, he advanced rapidly,
and in 1883 was awarded one of
the first honor scholarship medals
offered bv the Louisville Commer-
rial. In 1892 he graduated from
the law department of Howard University. While in Wash¬
ington he represented several papers as correspondent.
Returning to Louisville, he became editor of the New South,
dean of the Central Law School, engaged in politics, and rose
in his profession until he was recognized as the leading Negro
lawver of Kentucky, and one of the ablest of the South.
He has a large and lucrative practice and has appeared in
some of the most notable cases in Kentuckv, chief among which
was the contest of Evans v. Turner for a seat in Congress, in
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which he acted as one of the attornevs for Judge Walter Evans,
now District Judge for Kentucky, and the case of Spilman v .
Jones, involving the title to land worth nearly $1,000,000.
He is president of the Civic and Political League of Kentucky,
president of the Louisville Playground and Recreation League,
chairman of the executive committee of the Louisville Negro
Business League, president of the Citizens’ Lyceum, and presi¬
dent of the Lincoln League, a leading local political organization.
Mrs. White is the only woman lawyer of her race in the South,
and also a writer and speaker of great ability. From his prac¬
tice, lectures, and literary work Mr. White has acquired a com¬
petence, and has extensive and valuable real estate holdings.
II is librarv is one of the best in the city.
J. B. Bell
J. B. Bell
Houston, Texas
Mu. Bell is an extensive real estate and large property owner.
He was born in Townsboro, Ga., Christmas Day, 1858.
Left motherless in Texas at eight years of age, he attended the
Houston public schools until he was sixteen, and during his
school years served as clerk in a grocery
store. A change in the proprietor¬
ship of the store necessitated seeking
other employment, and lie became
a successful hostler, a clerk and waiter,
and later a teacher in several schools.
In October, 1881, he entered Til lot-
son College, Austin, Tex., where he
remained three months and then re¬
turned to work. He became a partner
in a grocery business in 1883, and con¬
tinued in the business until April, 1896.
Having accumulated some property,
he began building and renting houses
on his own account, and at the present time is a very successful
real estate dealer. At the National Negro Business League in
Topeka, Kan., 1907, he said, “ In 1884 I bought my first real
estate, and by energetic work, forbearance, patience, and
economical savings, I have to-day forty-three houses, one store,
and not an encumbrance of one cent; also a neat bank
account.” His monthly rentals amount to over $400. He
lives in one of the finest homes in Houston, Tex., and it is
estimated that his property is worth more than $100,000.
Mr. Bell has been a prominent officer and a member of several
fraternal organizations for several years, and holds many posi¬
tions of trust. He is deacon, trustee, and treasurer of the
Antioch Baptist Church, which is one of the largest churches of
the denomination in the state. He is a stockholder in the
People s Boot and Shoe Company, and also a stockholder and
director of the Bayou City Drug Company.
He has been actively interested in the work of the National
Negro Business League for several years. At Topeka, Kan.,
1907, he read a paper to the League on “Real Estate and Loans, ’
and at that meeting was elected a member of the executive com¬
mittee. He was re-elected in Baltimore, 1908, and Louisville,
Ky., 1909.
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