(EDUCATION) Promotional postcard for Wiley College in Texas

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Sale 2697 - Lot 169

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(EDUCATION.) Promotional postcard for Wiley College in Texas. Illustrated postcard, 3½ x 5½ inches, with address, stamp and postmark on verso; minimal wear. Marshall, TX, 12 September 1922

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Wiley College (now Wiley University) was founded in 1873. It is located in Marshall in eastern Texas by the Louisiana border. This postcard shows a crowded auditorium of students attending a lecture. On verso is a printed message to "Dear friends in the Sunday School," promising that "if you have never seen a college 'of the Negroes, for the Negroes, by the Negroes,' you have something to look forward to. . . . People may tell you that every educated Negro is an 'exception' to the rule of the race--but look at this picture of a college chapel packed full of 'exceptions'!"

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