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Title: The Afro-American press and its editors
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Penn, I. Garland (Irvine Garland), 1867-1930
Subjects: Press African Americans
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. Willey & co.
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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he gift of industry; whateer exalts, embellishesf\ and renders life delightful. Prof. Williams, by far one of the most polished andready writers of which the race can boast, was born inRichmond, Va,, November 22, 1861. His mother, a womanof marked industry, early recognizing the capabilities of hereon, gave him the advantage of the jmblic school training tobe had in that city. He graduated from the RichmondNormal School in 1877 ; then entered the Worcester Academy,Worcester, Mass., in the fall of 1877, through the influence ofProf. R. H. Manly, and Miss M. E. Knowles. He graduatedfrom this school in 1880, and in the same year matriculatedin Brown University. He was, however, unable to remainthere to finish, but subsequently pursued, and privately com-pleted, the course. He then began the life of an educator,filling the most responsible and creditable positions of thatnature in his native city and county, until, in 1885. he waselected to the chair of Ancient Languages and Instructor in
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341 342 THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS. methods of teaching and school management in the VirginiaNormal and Collegiate Institute at Petersburg, Va., whichposition he still holds. The professor has had ten years experience as an educator,and few can be found who equal him. He possesses executiveability of a high order, and his decisions may be generallyrelied upon. He is a popular linguist, reading with easeGerman, French, Hebrew, Latin and Greek. Our subject hasa wide reputation as a brilliant orator and conversationalist.His services in this respect have been constantly in demandfor ten years. He is one of the best known men in his state,and has a national reputation as well, and has been frequentlyhonored as a distinguished leader of his people. The NewYork Sun of May 15, 1887, presented an excellent cut andsketch of him, with those of Frederick Douglass, Dr. A.Shaker and others. The same adorned the columns of TheCleveland Gazette; and his is given in Dr. William J. Simmonsbook as that of

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