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A contemplation on the state of the African American community.

Booker T. Washington visits Richmond to give a speech.

The highlights of Booker T. Washington’s famous “Democracy and Education” speech are transcribed.

Two black lawyers win a legal battle against some of the best known white lawyers of the time.

A fellow newspaper editor from Florida praises John Mitchell Jr.’s influence on the New South, especially for his role in the Lunenburg case.

A defiant “colored” woman refuses to sit in the waiting room for black passengers in South Carolina and is taken to jail for demanding a place in the waiting room of a train station among white passengers.

The Planet presents the idea of a cooperative relationship between black and white men, or the “bond of the union.”

The Planet discusses a white newspaper editor’s insults of the Richmond Planet, and proves him to be racist and disrespectful.

The Richmond Times discussed the “Old Time Negro” and the problems in the present day as it looks longingly back on the days during and immediately after slavery.

A letter to John Mitchell Jr. from a distinguished white business man complements Mitchell on his contributions to the progress of the race and as a “shaper of opinions.”