Chapter I: Front Matter

KELLY MILLER, A. M., LL. D.

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Howard University,
Washington D. C.
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PROGRESS AND
ACHIEVEMENTS
OF
THE COLORED PEOPLE

CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE WONDERFUL ADVANCEMENT OF THE
COLORED AMERICANS—THE MOST MARVELOUS IN THE HISTORY OF
NATIONS—THEIR PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS, TOGETHER WITH THEIR
PRESENT-DAY OPPORTUNITIES AND A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE
FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS—THE DAWN OF A TRIUMPHANT ERA.
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A HANDBOOK FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT WHICH LEADS TO GREATER
SUCCESS

KELLY MILLER
AND
JOSEPH R. GAY

ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 100 PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, ACTUAL SCENES IN REAL
LIFE AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

AUSTIN JENKINS CO.
Manufacturing Publishers of Subscription Books
Agents Wanted Washington, D. C.

COPYRIGHT MCMXIII
BY JOSEPH R. GAY

COPYRIGHT 1917
BY AUSTIN N. JENKINS

The Story of a Rising Race Told in Pictures

_PHOTOGRAPHED FROM LIFE_

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Special Collection A │COMMERCE
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CAPABLE OFFICE STAFF

Bookkeeping Department, National Benefit Association, Washington, D.
C.
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ENTERPRISING BUSINESS MEN

The Executive Committee of the “National Negro Business League.” The
purpose of this league is to bring the business men together for
mutual cooperation and trade advancement.
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MONOTYPE OPERATORS

Modern typesetting machines. A. M. Sunday School Publishing House.
Nashville, Tenn.
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MEN OF FINANCE—BANKERS

Members of The National Bankers’ Association. The men who control
trust funds and provide means for business and agricultural
expansion.
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PRIVATE LIBRARY OF A PROSPEROUS HOME

Refinement and culture is here shown in the home of Chas. Banks, Mound
Bayou, Miss.
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SUCCESSFUL IN LAW PRACTICE

A prominent lawyer presenting his case to Judge R. H. Terrell, who is
a colored Judge of a Municipal Court in Washington, D. C.
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STENOGRAPHY IN A WELL EQUIPPED OFFICE

The type-written letter in business correspondence is almost a
necessity, hence the great demand for intelligent and experienced
stenographers.
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BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT

Vandehorst’s Shoe Store, Jacksonville, Fla. Evidence of the
opportunity for success in the shoe business.
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THE REWARD OF THRIFT AND ENERGY

The palatial residence of J. F. Herndon, a prosperous Colored citizen
of Atlanta, Ga.
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AN ELEGANT AND WELL-APPOINTED LIBRARY

An interior view in the home of a noted physician, Doctor George
Cabaniss, Washington, D. C.
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LUXURY AND COMFORT

An elegantly appointed Barber Shop owned and patronized exclusively by
Colored citizens. Birmingham, Alabama.
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AN UP-TO-DATE STORE

An example of Mercantile Success, showing possibility and prosperity.
Owned and operated by A. H. Underdown, Washington, D. C.
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COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY

One of the largest Fish Markets in the South. Jacksonville, Fla.
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REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OVERGROUND RAILROAD

Here are lined up in their uniforms some of the brightest Parlor Car
porters of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
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THE COLORED MAN AS A PIONEER

The first house in Chicago was erected by a Negro.
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