Dr. Broda in Richmond

February 25, 1905

Summary

An Austrian doctor of law and social science meets with John Mitchell, Jr., to discuss business and race.

Transcription

Dr. Rudolph Broda of Vienna, Austria was in the city this week and was domiciled at Reuger’s Hotel. He visited the Richmond Normal School. While in New York he had been directed to visit The Planet and form the acquaintanceship of the Editor of The Planet. He was much pleased with what he saw here. He visited the various places of interest here and was much interested in the Negro institutions.

He is a Doctor of Law and Social Science and is studying the actual condition of the races, especially the Negro. He speaks many languages and utters the English language fluently. He visited Hartshorn Memorial College and the Virginia Union University.

He has visited 19 countries and will extend his trip to South American countries. He speaks French fluently also and left with Editor Mitchell a copy of his treatise in French. Mr. Mitchell is much interested in the press-work, paper and the ink used on the same, the contents being a closed chapter to him.
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Lower Right Quadrant

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Ryan Shah

Citation

“Dr. Broda in Richmond,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed September 14, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/324.