Title
Newspaper
Date
1901 October 12
Description
Newspaper signature featuring the cover page, cover verso, the back cover and back cover verso of the New Bedford and Fall River Union, Vol. 1, No. 5, Saturday, October 12, 1901. Masthead reads, "Devoted to Questions Pertaining to the Educational, Religious, Industrial, Social and Political Progress of the Colored Race". The above-the-fold cover article reports a denial by Wellesley College that Portia Washington, daughter of Booker T. Washington, was denied entrance due to her race. Newspaper has been conserved, but in poor condition with many tears, and missing pieces. Very fragile. Fragments have been saved and stored with the object.
Medium
Paper
Extent
35x21.5 in.
Identifier
2012.27.1
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