ge the colored people. We have compressed a vast amount of
valuable race information into a small compass. The style of the work
is good, and its moral tone is excellent. It can scarcely fail to
profit every member of the race who will read it, hence it should be
in every family, in every office, and in every library.

It has been the earnest aim of the compiler to embody in these pages
the latest conclusions of some of the most prominent Afro-American
scholars on several of the mooted subjects pertaining to the race.

We owe a debt of lasting gratitude to many of our friends who have so
generously furnished us valuable assistance in the collection of
_data_ for this volume, among whom we may mention W. B. Rust and T. B.
Mears as among the most enthusiastic.

Believing that there is a genuine need for such a work as we have
produced, we offer it to our colored friends and their white friends,
praying God's blessing upon it. THE PUBLISHERS.

[Illustration: AS IT NOW IS--HOME OF A FREEMAN.
Residence of R. R. Church, Memphis, Tenn., the wealthiest colored man
in the state; estimated at $250,000.]

CONTENTS.

THE NEED OF NEW IDEAS AND NEW AIMS FOR A NEW ERA 11

The Status of the Family--The Conditions of
Labor--Higher Plane of Morality.

LAYING THE CORNER STONE 23

THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL 31

Negro Building--History and Old Relics--Department
of Arts--Mines and Minerals--Department of
Dentistry--The Woman's Board.

COTTON STATES INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION 45

THE NEED OF THE HOUR 47

UNITY 49

NEGRO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 51

NEGRO BANKS 53

NEGRO WEALTH BY STATES 54

NEGRO SCHOOL-TEACHERS 55

HOW TO TEACH OBEDIENCE 57

HINTS FOR OUR GIRLS 59

WHAT NEGRO WOMEN ARE DOING 61

WHAT RACE NEWSPAPERS HAVE DONE 62

RACE EVILS 62

TWO CULTURED RACES 67

THE NEW COLORED WOMAN 69

HAVE COURAGE