Letter from the Tuskegee Institute by Booker T. Washington’s Successor.
November 9, 1926. · Tuskegee Institute, Alabama:
by Moton, Robert Russa.
Typed letter, one page, Tuskegee letterhead, full page of text, signed, normal aging and toning; very good. Typed Letter Signed (with handwritten postscript) as Principal, Tuskegee Institute to Miss Marion Deane, Hampton of the Institute, in Virginia. Moton (1867-1940) was Booker T. Washington's protégé, was named Principal of the Tuskegee Institute after the death of his mentor in 1915, a position he held for 20 years. One of his major achievements was to build a hospital that would treat African American WWI vets that was entirely staffed by black doctors and nurses, which was met with a rather racist response at the time. Moton shrugged off death threats, as he felt this work was too important to be intimidated by extremists. In his letter to Deane he explains the importance of bringing people together"…the depth and sincerity of your interest in the welfare of my people...the things which the Negro must endure... due more to misunderstanding than malice. I am persuaded after all, that not a great many people carry malice around in their hearts and the few who do, do not hold it very long when they have discovered the truth. Hampton and Tuskegee are both bending all their energies to bring white people and black people to the point where they hall know and understand each other, confident that when each has seen the other in his true light, all prejudice and malice and ill-will will disappear..." See BlackPast website (Inventory #: 106469)