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(EDUCATION.) HAMPTON

INSTITUTE.

The Greater Hampton

Movement.

24 pages. Copious illustra-

tions; text within elaborate tiny illustrative

borders, printed in blue.

Virginia, 1910-1915?

[300/400]

An interesting prospectus, pictorial guide and

introduction to the Hampton Institute and its

various features. Possibly gotten up as part of

an appeal for funding.

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(EDUCATION—BROWN,

HALLIE Q.)

Photographic card of

California businesswoman Hallie Q.

Brown.

Tall card, with a

PRESENTATION

SIGNED BY BROWN ON THE REVERSE

.

Wilberforce, OH, circa 1885

[600/900]

A RARE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED PHOTO

-

GRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF THIS IMPORTANT

AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATOR AND

REFORMER

. “

EVER YOUR FRIEND

,

HALLIE

Q

.

BROWN

,

WILBERFORCE

,

O

,

GREEN CO

.”

Hallie Quinn Brown (1849-1949) was born

in Pittsburgh, one of six children of freed slaves.

Brown attended Wilberforce University in

Ohio. She was a professor at Tuskegee from

1892 to 1893 under Booker T. Washington,

founder of the Colored Women’s League, and

was a frequent lecturer on African American

issues as well as temperance.