WASHINGTON, BOOKER T.

An Open Letter... to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, February 19th, 1898 (cover title). 8 pages. 8vo, decorated stiff wrappers, stapled. Fine copy. [Tuskegee, 1898] Scarce pamphlet of Washington's plea to the Louisiana constitutional Convention to make certain changes that would improve the lot of African-Americans. There is a special emphasis on education, "...I believe you will agree with me that it will cost Louisiana more not to educate her Negroes than it will cost to educate them." Not in Work, Hampton, or Blockson Collection.