The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.3, page 156, June 1891, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers lectures of the ''White Normal Institute,'' colored teachers were seated on one side and the white teachers on the other. Well, your boys and girls came very near getting in to trouble, coming between Chihaw~ and Montgomery Ala., there were too many for the colored cars, and the conductor put a large number of your boys and girls in the white cars—and, it seemed for a while as if war would take place at any time. Knife and Pistols were seen In the hands of bad white men, and I was of the opinion that the train would not be allowed to go in to Montgomery with the colored boys and girls in the white cars. I am glad that my address is being asked for, because I made the address to build up your school, and it will do more in that way than any thing that has talker place in the South. I will send my son and 3 other bo~ys2 in Sept. If the address is re-produced send me copies. Remember me to Mrs. King;3 Mrs John Washington, and kiss Logar1 for me. Your friend Theophile T. Allain ALS Con. 4 BTW Papers ATT. Original destroyed. ~ Chehaw' Ala. 2 Possibly Anitole Emile Martin, who graduated in 1897 and became a tailor in the U.S. Army and at Tuskegee; Lewis Felix Breaux, who attended Tuskegee from 1893 to 1895; and Joseph Holmes Breaux, who attended Tuskegee from 1894 to 1896. All were from Plaquemine, La. 3 Dora S. King. To Edgar James Penney Boston, Mass June ~3, Dear Mr. Penney: You have perhaps heard that Rev. Mr. Whittaker has given up his work at Tuskegee and has taken a church in New Orleans. This leaves us without a pastor, and while it is not the exact work you had planned to come to Tuskegee for, I write to know if matters can be arranged satisfactorily, if you will be wining to take his place. I shall not before hearing from you go, into details as to salary, duties, etc. A few days ago I had a talk with my friend in Brooklyn who had 156