Monday, March 30, 2015

Gov. Bickett Addressing Negroes, 1919

From The Independent, March 14, 1919

Gov. Bickett Coming
Governor T.W. Bickett will address the Negroes of Elizabeth City and vicinity on April 7, 1919, the occasion being the 300 anniversary of the transplanting of the Negro race from Africa to America. This event will be celebrated on an elaborate scale by the colored people of northeastern North Carolina.

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