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W.P. Huntley and C.C. Trimble expected to attend conference in Dallas (1896)

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Title
W.P. Huntley and C.C. Trimble expected to attend conference in Dallas (1896)
Description
W.P. Huntley and C.C. Trimble, who were both African American preachers in Pilot Point are expected to attend a state conference in Dallas for "colored citizens." Further specifics of the conference are unknown. Huntley and Trimble were prominent figures in the African American community in Pilot Point during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Date
1897-08-12
Source
Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1897, newspaper, August 12, 1897; Denton, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth504206/m1/4/?q=%22W.P.%20Huntley%22%20%20%20%20-Post-Mirror%201888: accessed April 24, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
Subject
conference
W.P. Huntley
C.C. Trimble