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Title: Charles L. Reason

Speaker or author: Reason, Charles Lewis, 1818-1893

Newspaper or publication: Pennsylvania Freeman

Speech dedicating a library for the Institute for Colored Youth stressing the benefits of education to the elevation of the race.

Description of file(s): PDF 13 page, 3,096 word document (text and images)

Subtitle: Editorial Correspondence.

Title: Colored American - December 2, 1837

Speaker or author: Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer reports on African American libraries, schools, and churches he visited while in Philadelphia.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Editorial Correspondence.

Title: Colored American - December 2, 1837

Speaker or author: Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer reports on African American libraries, schools, and churches he visited while in Philadelphia.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: A Reading Room.

Title: Colored American - February 10, 1838

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The editor announces that the newspaper is considering establishing a reading room for the community. This space would provide a common place for learning, encourage intellectual support, and discourage idleness and vice.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Leisure Hours.

Title: Colored American - March 18, 1837

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer stresses spending free time on improving morally and intellectually by attending lectures, studying, and avoiding immoral activities.

Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: Literary Societies.

Title: Colored American - October 5, 1839

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)

The writer encouraged his readers to participate in establishing a literary society suggested by the recent Anti-Slavery Convention. This type of society would benefit African Americans by providing them with a place for lectures, meetings, reading, self-educational opportunities, and community. It would also offer a positive alternative to those who now frequent the drinking, gambling and prostitution establishments.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page (partially illegible)

Subtitle: Our Reading-Room.

Title: Elevator - September 8, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

A short announcement of upcoming lectures and the possibility of a library available at a local "reading room."

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

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