How many Negroes on the island of Cuba?
There are 480,000 Negroes on the island of Cuba.
What does Dr. Palmore, editor of the St. Louis Christian Advocate, say of the Negro as a race?
He says: "Possibly no race that God has created has made such rapid progress in the same length of time as the Negro. As a rule, they should not be judged by the criminals among them who have become conspicuous in the newspapers for their evil deeds, but they should be judged from the honest, hard-working men and women, who, beginning with nothing, have in the course of one generation accumulated over $650,000,000 worth of real and personal property."
How many Negroes in the 55th Congress of the United States?
Only one—Hon. George H. White, of North Carolina.
How many colored people own their own homes in this country?
According to the census of 1890, there were 234,747 homes and farms, free from all incumbrance, owned by Negroes; and since that time the number has probably doubled.
How many books have been written by Afro-Americans?
More than 300 books written by Negro men and women have been published, while probably not more than fifty have had an extensive circulation. The "Afro-American Encyclopedia" has had the largest sale.