The Progress of the Negro Race. Address of Hon. Boies Penrose [wrapper title]

Washington, D.C.: National Capitol Press, Inc, 1914. Very good.. 28pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor wear, soft diagonal crease throughout. A rare address by long-serving Pennsylvania Senator Boies Penrose before the attendees of a "Patriotic Race Service" in Philadelphia on March 1, 1914. The title at the head of the address reads, "Address of Hon. Boies Penrose at a Patriotic Race Service, Held by the Negroes of Philadelphia, Under the Direction of One Hundred Representative Citizens and Participated in by Representatives of the Race Patriotic Organizations of the City, at Varick Institutional A.M.E. Zion Church." The nature of Senator Penrose's speech can be ascertained from a sampling of the different sections within the text, namely "Steadfastness of the Negro," "Commonsense Treatment of Race Problem," "Sublime Words of Lincoln," "Republican Party Negro's Friend," "Political Recognition for Colored Men," "Anti-Negro Policy of Democrats," "No Federal Offices for Negroes," "Separate Street Cars for Negroes," "Inventors of the Negro Race," "Patriotic Service of Colored Men," and "Equal Treatment for Colored Citizens." OCLC reports just a few copies, at the Library of Congress, Morgan State, and Lehigh.