Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1901 — College Bred Negroes. [ARTICLE]

College Bred Negroes.

An inquiry into she pursuits of College bred negroesNreceived 1,312 replies. Of this number one-half are teachers, one-sixth preachers, one-sixth students and professional men, 6 per cent farmers, artisans and merchants and 4 per cent in the government service. The teachers, if competent, are all needed, but the number of mechanics, farmery and trades is significantly small. The failure to engage in trade may not be altogether voluntary, but the disposition to crowd the professions is as evident as among whites and with less chance of success.—Louisville Courier-Journal.