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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

WILLIAM J. EDWARDS _Frontispiece_

UNCLE CHARLES LEE AND HIS HOME IN THE BLACK BELT _Facing Page_ 32

FIRST TRUSTEES OF SNOW HILL AND TWO OF THEIR WIVES " " 36

PARTIAL VIEW OF SNOW HILL INSTITUTE " " 48

A NEW TYPE OF HOME IN THE BLACK BELT " " 52

TYPICAL LOG CABIN IN THE BLACK BELT " " 60

HOME OF A SNOW HILL GRADUATE " " 60

GRADUATES OF SNOW HILL INSTITUTE " " 72

TEACHERS OF SNOW HILL INSTITUTE " " 100

PREFACE

In bringing this book before the public, it is my hope that the friends
of the Snow Hill School and all who are interested in Negro Education
may become more familiar with the problems and difficulties that
confront those who labor for the future of a race. I have had to endure
endless hardships during these twenty-five years, in order that
thousands of poor negro youths might receive an industrial
education,--boys and girls who might have gone into that demoralized
class that is a disgrace to any people and that these friends may
continue their interest in not only Snow Hill but all the schools of the
South that are seeking to make better citizens of our people. I also
hope that the interest may be sustained until the State and Nation
realize that it is profitable to educate the black child as well as the
white.

To me, these have been twenty-five years of self denial, of self
sacrifice, of deprivation, even of suffering, but when I think of the
results, I am still encouraged to go on; when I think of the work that
Mr. McDuffie is doing at Laurinburg, N. C., Brown at Richmond, Ala.,
Knight at Evergreen, Ala., Mitchell at W. Butler, Ala., Carmichael at
Perdue Hill, Ala., Brister at Selma, Ala., and hundreds of others, I
feel that the sacrifice has not been in vain, so I continue believing
that after all the great heart of the American people is on the right
side. I think that to-day, the Negro faces the dawn,--not the
twilight,--the morning,--not the evening.

In my passionate desire to hasten that time and with the crying needs of
my race at heart, I choose this opportunity for making an appeal in
their behalf.

"Lord, and what shall this