Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1909 — EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION

Negroes Planning Semi-Centennial to Show Progress of Race. Tuskegee, Ala., Oct. 29.—At a meeting held at Tuskegee institute preliminary plans were formulated for a semi-centennial exposition to celebrate

the fiftieth anniversary of negro emancipation in the United States. Among the sponsors is Booker T. Washington. The exposition, which will be held in 19|3, will show the progress of negroes since they landed In America aB slaves on a Dutch ship in 1617.

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.