. Fifty years of freedom : report of committee representing state of Wisconsin, at the celebration of the half-century anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Chicago, Aug. 22-Sept. 16, 1915, to Governor Emanual L. Philipp . Father Stephen, 0. M. C. Director of the Colored Catholic Mission at Milwaukee, Wis. of the American negro that has ever been held. Thenumerous exhibits and displays of negro talent and intel-ligence, ranging from simple but typical displays of in-dustry and business to the most wonderful and technicalof profession and art, evidenced the great advancementand improvem
. Fifty years of freedom : report of committee representing state of Wisconsin, at the celebration of the half-century anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Chicago, Aug. 22-Sept. 16, 1915, to Governor Emanual L. Philipp . Father Stephen, 0. M. C. Director of the Colored Catholic Mission at Milwaukee, Wis. of the American negro that has ever been held. Thenumerous exhibits and displays of negro talent and intel-ligence, ranging from simple but typical displays of in-dustry and business to the most wonderful and technicalof profession and art, evidenced the great advancementand improvement of the negro in but fifty years of op-portunity. Much credit is due to the colored people of Wis- — 16 consin for their earnest co-operation and for the attain-ment of a highly successful Wisconsin exhibit. TheWisconsin displays were genuine and practical and, yourcommittee believes, equalled the displays of any otherstate. The expense of establishing, maintaining andconducting the Wisconsin exhibit amounted to less thanhalf of the appropriation available for that purpose. Theunexpended balance was returned to the State it is realized how far the negro has advanced. Rev. George J. Fox in the last fifty years—his first fifty years of freedom—itis not difficult to account for the extent and degree of thegrowing confidence in his future. The census of 1910shows that two out of every five persons engaged ingainful occupations in the sixteen southern states arenegroes. Of the entire negro population in these states,63 per cent, are in some form of industrial all the negroes engaged in industrial activities 60 percent, are agricultural workers. Approximately one mil- — 17 lion negroes have developed in fifty years from agri-cultural laborers to farmers. In the half-century since emancipation, the negropopulation in the United States has more than doubled,the increase from 1863 to 1910 being more than 121 percent. This increase was with practica
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