and newspapers.

PENDELTON, LEILA A.--Teacher in Washington Public Schools for many
years. Author of "A Narrative of the Negro," "An Alphabet for Negro
Children," etc.

PICKENS, WILLIAM (1881-)--Born in Anderson Co., S.C. A.B., Talledaga
College, 1902; A.B., Yale, 1904; A.M., Fisk, 1908. Won the Ten Eyck
prize for oratory, Yale, 1913. Educator and lecturer. Formerly Dean of
Morgan College, Baltimore. Associate Field Secretary for the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Author of "The New
Negro," "The Spirit of Freedom," etc.

SCOTT, EMMETT J. (1873-)--Born at Houston, Texas. Wiley University,
1905. Secretary of Howard University. Appointed a member of American
Commission to Liberia, 1919, by President Taft. Assistant to Secretary
of War, 1914-18. Author, "The American Negro in the World War," etc.

SHEPARD, JAMES E. (1875-)--Born, Lehigh, N.C. Author, lecturer, founder
of Religious Training School at Durham, N.C. Has traveled in Europe,
Africa and Asia.

SHEPPARD, WILLIAM HENRY (1865-)--Born at Waynesboro, Va. Sent by
Southern Presbyterian church as missionary to Africa, 1890. Exposed to
the Congo atrocities. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

SIMMONS, WILLIAM J. (1849-?)--Born in Charleston, S.C. Boyhood of severe
poverty. AB., Howard University, 1873. Educator, editor, minister,
author "His Men of Mark" which contains biographies of 177 colored men.

STAFFORD, O. O.--Principal of Lincoln Public School, Washington, D.C.
Author of "Animal Fables."

WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. (1858-1915)--Born in slavery. Graduated at Hampton
Institute. Founded Tuskegee Institute. One of the foremost educators
America has produced. Author of "Up from Slavery," "Working with the
Hands," etc.

WHEATLEY, PHYLLIS (1753-1784)--Brought to Boston as a slave in her
childhood. Kindly treated and educated; became one of America's well
known poets of the early period.

WHITE, WALTER, F.--Graduate of Atlanta University. Assistant Secretary
of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

WITTEN, LILLIAN B.--Graduate Smith College. Teacher in the St. Louis
High School.

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[Transcriber's Notes:

The transcriber made these changes to the text to correct obvious
errors:

1. p. 63 H CORDELIA RAY --> H. CORDELIA RAY
2. p. 76 Tousaint --> Toussaint
3. p. 143 correspondingly --> correspondingly:
4. p. 197 Greegee --> Greegree
5. p. 206