| Description |
320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
American history series |
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American history series (San Diego, Calif.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-304) and index. |
| Contents |
Blacks are inferior to whites / Thomas Jefferson -- Blacks are not inferior to whites / Benjamin Banneker -- Slavery must be abolished in America / Nathaniel Paul -- Slavery must not be abolished in America / John C. Calhoun and William Harper -- Blacks should emigrate from the United States / Marin R. Delany ... [et al.] -- Blacks should not emigrate from the United States / Frederick Douglass -- The Freedmen's Bureau is harmful / James D.B. DeBow -- The Freedmen's Bureau is essential / Thomas Conway -- A federal civil rights bill is dangerous / Robert B. Vance -- A federal civil rights bill is necessary / Richard H. Cain -- The fundamental cause of lynching is black crime / Thomas Nelson Page -- The fundamental cause of lynching is white racism / Mary Church Terrell -- Blacks should not agitate for political equality / Booker T. Washington -- Blacks should strive for political equality / W.E.B. Du Bois -- The industrial training of the masses should be emphasized / Booker T. Washington -- The higher education of a leadership elite should be emphasized / W.E.B Du Bois -- The Negro has no place in America / Thomas Dixon Jr. -- Racism has no place in America / Kelly Miller -- Blacks must promote racial pride and purity / Marcus Garvey -- A critique of Marcus Garvey and Garveyism / William Pickens -- African-American artists should emphasize thier black heritage / Langston Hughes -- African-American artists should not emphasize their black heritage / George S. Schuyler -- Self-segregation might benefit African Americans / W.E.B. Du Bois -- All segregation harms African Americans / Francis J. Grimké -- Blacks should strive to be part of the American dream / Martin Luther King Jr. -- Blacks can never be part of the American dream / Malcolm X -- Affirmative action programs benefit African Americans / Jesse Jackson -- Affirmative action programs harm African Americans / Clarence Pendleton -- Racism remains the primary obstacle facing African Americans / Derrick Bell -- Racism is no longer the primary obstacle facing African Americans / Dinesh D'Souza. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Dudley, William, 1964-
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| Added Title |
African-Americans |
| ISBN |
1565105222 lib. alkaline paper |
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1565105214 pap. alkaline paper |
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