42

CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES, WOMAN'S BOARD 44

NEGRO BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA. 46

A. MEANS, MEMPHIS, TENN. 48

E. W. JACKSON, ORLANDO, FLA. 52

EMMA O. KENNEDY, MEMPHIS, TENN. 56

IDA B. WELLS BARNETT 60

L. J. BROWN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 68

DR. GEORGIA E. L. PATTON, MEMPHIS, TENN. 71

MRS. GEORGIA GORDON TAYLOR 75

FREDERICK DOUGLASS 77

REV. C. A. A. TAYLOR, OCALA, FLA. 80

MADAM SISSIRETTA JONES 88

HALLIE Q. BROWN 92

HENRIETTA VINTON DAVIS 96

MRS. V. W. BROUGHTON, MEMPHIS, TENN. 99

CANE FIELD IN LOUISIANA 102

REV. M. VANN, D.D., CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 106

F. A. STEWART, M.D., NASHVILLE, TENN. 112

CHARLIE JOHNSON, LOUISIANA 120

REV. J. M. CONNER, LITTLE ROCK, ARK. 125

J. P. NEWTON, MEMPHIS, TENN. 129

PROF. B. T. WASHINGTON, TUSKEGEE, ALA. 132

PROF. DENNIS S. THOMPSON, KANSAS CITY, MO. 140

GEN. ANTONIO MACEO 148

MRS. M. A. MCCURDY, ROME, GA. 162

EDWARD SEABROOK, SAVANNAH, GA. 166

JOHN Q. ADAMS, CHICAGO, ILL. 189

JOHN G. JONES, CHICAGO, ILL. 191

REV. R. H. BOYD, D.D., SAN ANTONIO, TEX. 193

DR. WILLIAM KEY, SHELBYVILLE, TENN. 195

JIM KEY, SHELBYVILLE, TENN. 197

REV. JOHN HENRY DICKERSON, OCALA, FLA. 200

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SPARKLING GEMS.

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

BY ALEX CRUMMELL, WASHINGTON, D. C.

This subject divides itself into two heads: (1) The "Need" suggested;
and (2) The "Aims for a New Era," which shall meet the need.

It seems to me that there is an irresistible tendency in the Negro
mind in this land to dwell morbidly and absorbingly up