Item #92701 The Lonnell Williams Post Presents a Lincoln-Douglas Day Address with Col. Roscoe Conklin Simmons Burt High School Auditorium Monday Evening, February 13 1950. Clarksville American Legion. Lonnell Williams Post, Tenn.

The Lonnell Williams Post Presents a Lincoln-Douglas Day Address with Col. Roscoe Conklin Simmons Burt High School Auditorium Monday Evening, February 13 1950

[Clarksville, Tenn.]: 1950. Paperback. 16 unnumbered pages, mostly advertisements for local businesses. Softcover program. 22 cm. Roscoe Conklin Simmons, a nephew of Booker T. Washington, was a Republican Party functionary, a newspaper columnist and a popular orator at African American events. The subject of his remarks is listed in the program as "Life and Works of Booker T. Washington." Burt High School was the only high school for African Americans in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Wilma Rudolph (1958) is Burt's most famous graduate. Very Good. Item #92701

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