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Title: Shadow and light; an autobiography with reminiscences of the last and present century
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar
Subjects: African Americans
Publisher: Washington, D. C.
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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ost cordiallv treated andour exhibits were properly placed withoutdistinction. The directors of the exposition were gen-tlemen known to be most liberal in theirdealings with us, and regretted the smallattendance, remarking that aside from ourpatronage, tlie exhibits would be beneficalas objert lessons, educating and inspiring,and proposed a day—^^Colored- PeoplesDay.- It was not unlike in design and ef-fect ^Emancipation Day at the Minneapo-lis Exposition, where noted colored leadersfrom various States attended and spoke,and were not impressed that it was deroga-tory to the race. We have a deal of ^^gush about recogni-tion. A demand for recognition presup-poses a rightful claim based upon an in-herent interest—deportment, special fit-ness, or legal right. In politics we right-fully claim recognition in the ratio of ournumerical contribution to the body politic,and from public carriers, for the reason ofperformance of our part of the contract. In our demand for a more extended rec-
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PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR. Born in 1872 at Dayton, OhiO—Author and Poet—The Foremost of his Raee torVersatility in the Field of Literature—His Poetry and Prose are Rtnidin Erery Clime Where Men Love Truth and Nature the MoreFor Being Clothed in Beauty of Diction, or Quaint-ness of Dialect — He has Published aNumber of Books. !!I SHADOW AND LIGHT. 199 ognitiou on these material lines, we shouldfirst remember that our contributions aregenera) 1)^ meager, and that these exhibi-tions are quite the product of the businessventures and expenditure of our ^brotherin Avhite/ and then brace up and thankProvidence that excessive modesty Avillnever ^strike in and kill the Negro. Wehave the men, the money and the ability todo much, very much more, on many busi-ness lines that are now almost exclusivel)^followed by our more prosperous fellow-citizens. No man in our country need begfor recognition; he can compel it if he la-bors assidu^ously and takes advantage ofopportunity. It can be truly said

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