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9781612030449: The Negro Problem
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1612030440 ISBN 13: 9781612030449
Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The Negro Problem is a collection of six historic essays on the state of race relations during the Reconstruction and early twentieth century. Written from the African American point of view these essays show how far race relations have progressed, and how far we have yet to go. Included are: Industrial Education for the Negro by Booker T. Washington The Talented Tenth by W.E. Burghardt DuBois The Disfranchisement of the Negro by Charles W. Chesnutt The Negro and the Law by Wilford H. Smith The Characteristics of the Negro People by H.T. Kealing Representative American Negroes by Paul Laurence Dunbar The Negro's Place in American Life at the Present Day by T. Thomas Fortune

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About the Author

Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was born a slave. He graduated from what is today Hampton University in 1875, and subsequently taught there. In 1881 he founded the forerunner of Tuskegee University. He made himself and his school two of the most well-known institutions in twentieth-century black America. He earned world-renowned recognition as an educator, social theorist, and spokesperson for African Americans.

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Publisher
Bottom of the Hill Publishing
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1612030440
ISBN 13 
9781612030449
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
108