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Statement at the Negro Exposition, August 27, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams attends the Middle States and Mississippi Valley Negro Exposition and comments that in future the work of women will equal that of men.

African-Americans

W. E. B. Du Bois to Jane Addams, May 14, 1908 (fragment)

Du Bois discusses arrangements for Addams' participation in the Conference for the Study of Negro Problems in Atlanta, Georgia.

African-Americans Conferences Lectures

Georgia D. Hawkins to Jane Addams, January 1911

Hawkins praises Addams' Twenty Years at Hull House and asks her to donate a copy to the black Social Settlement in Washington, D.C.

Praise Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, February 3, 1911

Addams asks Blaine to assist Oswald Villard with the organization of Chicago efforts related to the Association of the Advancement of Colored People.

African-Americans Requests

Charles D. Trice to Jane Addams, June 1, 1911

Trice asks Addams to lend her support to the Lincoln-Trice Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Men and Women.

Education Race Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to John Baptis Rayner, August 26, 1912

On behalf of Jane Addams, Breckinridge thanks Rayner for his note and the clippings he sent.

African-Americans Thanks

Abraham Lincoln Lee to Jane Addams, February 12, 1913

Lee thanks Addams for her statement in the article Has "Has Emancipation Been Nullified," and praises Abraham Lincoln, and discusses slavery and the virtues of liberty.

African-Americans History Patriotism Public Opinion Racism

William A. D. Venerable, to Jane Addams, October 29 1913

Venerable asks Addams for her support in the development of a Tuskegee-like school in the Midwest.

African-Americans Education Requests

Edward T. Ware to Jane Addams, February 5, 1914

Ware asks Addams for advice for a fundraising visit to Chicago to benefit Atlanta University.

African-Americans Charities Education Requests

Oswald Garrison to Villard to Jane Addams, June 12, 1914 (fragment)

Villard seeks Addams' help in requesting a donation from Anita McCormick Blaine.

African-Americans Philanthropy Requests

Brief Summary of the Work of the Chicago Urban League, August 1, 1917

The Urban League reports the organizations, government agencies, and newspapers that it works with and describes its activities, including employment and welfare work.

African-Americans Employment Social Work