WASHINGTON BOOKER T State Teachers Association Selma Ala Jun

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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. State Teachers' Association, Selma, Ala. June 5, '95. Manuscript Notes for a Lecture, written on the reverse of one half of a piece of Tuskegee stationery (14x21 cm); edges browned; faint early stain. Selma, 1895

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rare page of manuscript notes in washington's hand, 40 words, but not signed. It was customary for Washington to make a list of notes for speeches in the form of key-words and short phrases. This list begins: "mind. Reaching masses. What to do with it," followed by "two frogs," "advantages of whites' mistakes," "drift of education," and other phrases. He ends this list with: "Not what is known," "hands in pockets," and "Smart Man." It is believed that Washington addressed his audiences directly using only notes like these as prompts.