p. 19 | Negro Freedom Anniversary Exposition

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jun 18, 1914

Negro Freedom Anniversary Exposition

The half-century anniversary of the freedom of the Negro in America will fall in August, 1915, and plans are already on foot to celebrate the anniversary in an appropriate manner, the initiative being taken by the Negroes themselves. Congressman Madden, of Chicago, has recently introduced a bill in Congress to appropriate $150,000 to aid the exposition, which is to be held in that city, and friends of the movement have been urged to write to senators and representatives in behalf of the bill. The exposition is intended to illustrate the achievements of the colored race, and at the same time promote harmony and better understanding between black and white people. City and county officials of Chicago are co-operating with an Illinois commission headed by Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Reformed Episcopal Church.