The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.9, page 388, Nov. 1907, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers ter their own schools through extra contributions or taxation. The same campaign might include a movement to interest and get hold of the state and county officials. This suggestion might have this advantage. It would prevent the direct expenditure of any money in counties for the present. Of course the money would go very largely to the employment of a large corps of a considerable number of assistants perhaps, who would go directly into the counties and carry on a campaign of education for a given number of months, something in the same way that Dr. Knapp is in the direction of improving the soil. I think the county officials would be rather more inclined to increase the proportion for Colored schools, if they knew that no money was coming through the outside, but all was coming through the direct self-help efforts of the people. The Colored people have within themselves tremendous power for self-help. In the first place, their interest is weak and besides being weak, is not properly guided. It is surprising to know how much they can raise in the direction of school house building and school extension, where they have the proper leadership and guidance. These suggestions of course on practical value may amount to very little, but I should like to have your opinion upon them. You will note that these are modelled very largely after Dr. Knapp's work. Very truly yours, Booker T. Washington TLpS Con. 70 BTW Papers DLC. Original in General Education Board Collection, Rockefeller Archive Center, North Tarrytown, N.Y. To Alphonsus Orenzo Staffordt ''Tuskegee, Ala.] November 1, 1907 My dear Mr. Stafford: The last chapters have been received and are first rate. ~ want to get an outline as soon as possible of all the chapters that you have in mind. One other suggestion. I think we ought to have a chapter showing what Negroes themselves did to bring about freedom. We could use in this chapter such persons as Douglass, Harriet Tub388