The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.4, page 387, Mar. 1898, U. of Illinois Press

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MARCH · ~ 898 personal friend nor do I believe that this institution has ever had one connected with it, who at all times under all circumstances has watched and sustained its interests and whose heart was so deeply in the work. All these facts add to the pain of the decision on the part of those who have so long and pleasantly associated with you and your family. I hope that you will not let this unfortunate affair discourage and dishearten you. You are a young man and can still find a way to accomplish good in the world. If I can consistently serve you in any capacity at any time I shall be very glad to do so. I shall always fee] under personal obligation to you for many kindnesses. Yours truly, Booker T. Washington] Please turn your department over to.... TLp Con. 18cA BTW Papers DLC. ~ In the spring of 1898, thirty-eight-year-old William Jenkins, head teacher of the academic department at Tuskegee, was charged by two girl students with making sexual advances. Jenkins's longtime friendship with BTW and his wife and his outstanding service to the school for many years made it particularly -hard for BTW to dismiss hi. After his dismissal, Jenkins tried to organize a faculty and student protest. Twenty-six faculty members notified BTW that they believed Jenkins was innocent, and a number of students demanded his reinstatement. BTW wrote Warren Logan that he would ignore the faculty protest, and he thought it unwise ''to have students meddling with such affairs.'' (BTW to Logan, Mar. 9, 1898, Con. ~5, BTW Papers, DLC.) From Henry D. Davidson Centreville. Ala. March 7th 1898 My dear Sir: There is an organization at Springfield Ohio, known as the Anti-Mob & Lynch Law Association, with Messrs W. H. Dickson2 E. T. Butlers & S. E. Hu~man4 as President, organizer & Sect. respectively. It has far its object the suppression of the mobbing and Lynching of colored men in the U.S. This to be done by petitioning the various Le~sl,atures of the several states and the Nia;tion,aZ Congress at Washington to so enact or,amend the Laws to bring about a halt of these audacious atrocities. I write to ask as I consider you one of the leading thinkers of our Race if you think that such is a wise proceedure to accomplish any good, and to ascertain as to whether 387