Frances Barrier Williams (February 12, 1855 – March 4, 1944) was an American educator, civil rights, and women's rights activist, and the first black woman to gain membership to the Chicago Woman's Club. She became well known for her efforts to have black people officially represented on the Board of Control of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. She was also a musician, a portraitist and studied foreign languages. (From Wikipedia) More about Fannie Barrier Williams:
| | Books by Fannie Barrier Williams: Williams, Fannie Barrier, contrib.: A New Negro for a New Century: An Accurate and Up-to-Date Record of the Upward Struggles of the Negro Race (Chicago: American Publishing House, ca. 1900), ed. by John E. MacBrady, also contrib. by Booker T. Washington and Norman B. Wood Williams, Fannie Barrier, contrib.: Progress of a Race: or the Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro (revised and enlarged edition; Atlanta et al.: J. L. Nichols and Co., 1902), ed. by J. W. Gibson and W. H. Crogman, also contrib. by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust) Williams, Fannie Barrier, contrib.: Progress of a Race: or the Remarkable Advancement of the Colored American (revised and enlarged edition; Naperville, IL: J. L. Nichols and Co., c1912), ed. by J. W. Gibson, W. H. Crogman, and H. F. Kletzing, also contrib. by Booker T. Washington (multiple formats at archive.org)
Additional books by Fannie Barrier Williams in the extended shelves: Williams, Fannie Barrier: The colored American, from slavery to honorable citizenship (Hertel, Jenkins & Co., 1905), also by J. W. Gibson, Booker T. Washington, and W. H. Crogman (page images at HathiTrust) Williams, Fannie Barrier: The colored American from slavery to honorable citizenship (J.L. Nichols & co., 1902), also by J. W. Gibson, Booker T. Washington, and W. H. Crogman (page images at HathiTrust) Williams, Fannie Barrier: The colored American from slavery to honorable citizenship (Atlanta, Ga. : Hertel, Jenkins & Co., 1905., 1905), also by J. W. Gibson, James V. Hatch, Camille Billops, Booker T. Washington, and W. H. Crogman (page images at HathiTrust) Williams, Fannie Barrier: A new Negro for a new century (AMS Press, 1973), also by Booker T. Washington and Norman Barton Wood (page images at HathiTrust) Williams, Fannie Barrier: Progress of a race : or, The remarkable advancement of the American Negro. From the bondage of slavery, ignorance and poverty to the freedom of citizenship, intelligence, affluence, honor and trust. (J. L. Nichols, 1902), also by John William Gibson, Booker T. Washington, and W. H. Crogman (page images at HathiTrust) Williams, Fannie Barrier: Progress of a race; or, The remarkable advancement of the colored American. From the bondage of slavery, ignorance and poverty to the freedom of citizenship, intelligence, affluence, honor and trust. (J. L. Nichols & company, 1912), also by John William Gibson, Booker T. Washington, and William Henry Crogman (page images at HathiTrust)
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