Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading / A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child.

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How many newspapers are edited and published by Afro-Americans?

Over 400.

Name one of the leading papers in each of the several states.

The "Colored American," Washington, D. C.; the "Age," New York, N. Y.; the "Freeman," Indianapolis, Ind.; the "Gazette," Cleveland, O.; the "Courant," Boston, Mass.; the "Planet," Richmond, Va.; the "Gazette," Huntsville, Ala.; the "Southern Age," Atlanta, Ga.; the "Progress," Helena, Ark.; the "Elevator," San Francisco, Cal.; the "Statesman," Denver, Colo.; the "Sentinel," Pensacola, Fla.; the "Appeal," Chicago, Ill.; the "Herald," Leavenworth, Kans.; the "Standard," Lexington, Ky.; the "Afro-American," Baltimore, Md.; the "Enquirer," Charleston, S. C.; the "Woman's Messenger," Memphis, Tenn.; the "Republican," New Orleans, La.; the "American Citizen," Kansas City, Mo.; the "Progress," Omaha, Neb.; the "Gazette," Raleigh, N. C.; the "Tribune," Philadelphia, Pa.; the "Freeman," Houston, Tex.; the "People's Defender," Jackson, Miss.

By whom were Negroes first called contrabands?

By Gen. B. F. Butler, on the 22d of May, 1861, at Newport News, Va.

When did Hon. Frederick Douglass die?

On the 20th of February, 1895, at seven o'clock p.m., at his home in Washington, D. C.

Who is the greatest poet of the race?

Paul Lawrence Dunbar.