During that time he was greeted by over two hundred eminent teachers and educators from all parts of the United States.

Shortly after eight o'clock he was driven in a carriage to Music Hall, and in one hour and a half he made two ringing addresses, to as many as five thousand people, on Negro education.

Then Mr.Washington was taken in charge by a delegation of coloured citizens, headed by the Rev.Mr.
Watkins, and hustled off to a small informal reception, arranged in honour of the visitor by the people of his race.
Nor can I, in addition to making these addresses, escape the duty of calling the attention of the South and of the country in general, through the medium of the press, to matters that pertain to the interests of both races.

This, for example, I have done in regard to the evil habit of lynching.

When the Louisiana State Constitutional Convention was in session, I wrote an open letter to that body pleading for justice for the race.