Address of Booker T. Washington : delivered at the alumni dinner of Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.), June 24, 1896, after receiving the honorary degree of "Master of Arts"

Washington says that the black race is improving slowly in the South but needs help and encouragement to reach its fullest potential. He also sees better race relations as blacks and whites work together for their common good.
Includes summary of the ceremony, reported by Thos. J. Calloway in the Colored American: p. [1]-3.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
LC copy has inscription in ink t.p.: Boston 1896 Author By request.