"A
little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man's
history. It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one
of the necessaries of life,” wrote abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher. Dr. Simon
Green Atkins, educator, religious leader, community developer and founder of Slater
Industrial
Academy,
now Winston-Salem
State
University,
understood Beecher’s
philosophy. Dr. Atkins managed to amass nearly 500 books over his 71 year
lifespan.
The Simon Green Atkins Book Collection contains poetry by Virgil, edition
of Carter G. Woodson’s The Journal of Negro History, and guides to
understanding government and laws.
A complete bibliography of the personal library of the Atkins Family will be made available in the coming weeks.
Post written by Harvey Long.
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