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LoC No.: 22004902
Title:
When Africa awakes
The "inside story" of the stirrings and strivings of the new Negro in the Western world
Original Publication: United States: The Porro Press,1920.
Contents: The beginnings -- Democracy and race friction -- The Negro and the war -- The new politics -- The problems of leadership -- The new race-consciousness -- Our international consciousness -- Education and the race -- A few books -- Epilogue: The black man's burden.
Credits: Neal Caren. This file was derived from images generously made available by Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Iowa through the HathiTrust.
Summary: "When Africa Awakes" by Hubert H. Harrison is a collection of essays and editorials written around the early 20th century, particularly during the aftermath of World War I. The work explores themes of race, democracy, and the emerging political consciousness of African Americans and the broader Afro-diaspora. Harrison articulates the urgent demand for civil rights and racial justice, highlighting the double standards faced by black individuals in America during a period when democracy was being championed worldwide. The opening of the book introduces the context of its creation, framing it as a response to significant social injustice following the war. Harrison discusses the formation of the Liberty League, a group advocating for the rights of African Americans, and underscores the urgency of their demands. The first chapter details a mass meeting that brought together Negro Americans in protest against systemic violence, specifically lynching and discrimination, while expressing a collective desire for the acknowledgment of their contributions and rights in a nation proclaiming democracy. Harrison's tone is assertive, emphasizing a shift from passive requests to active demands for rights and justice, indicative of the revolutionary spirit rising among the black population in that era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Harrison, Hubert H., 1883-1927
EBook No.: 69712
Published: Jan 5, 2023
Downloads: 153
Language: English
Subject: African Americans
Subject: United States -- Race relations
Subject: African Americans -- Race identity
LoCC: History: America: United States
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 22004902
Title:
When Africa awakes
The "inside story" of the stirrings and strivings of the new Negro in the Western world
Original Publication: United States: The Porro Press,1920.
Contents: The beginnings -- Democracy and race friction -- The Negro and the war -- The new politics -- The problems of leadership -- The new race-consciousness -- Our international consciousness -- Education and the race -- A few books -- Epilogue: The black man's burden.
Credits: Neal Caren. This file was derived from images generously made available by Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Iowa through the HathiTrust.
Summary: "When Africa Awakes" by Hubert H. Harrison is a collection of essays and editorials written around the early 20th century, particularly during the aftermath of World War I. The work explores themes of race, democracy, and the emerging political consciousness of African Americans and the broader Afro-diaspora. Harrison articulates the urgent demand for civil rights and racial justice, highlighting the double standards faced by black individuals in America during a period when democracy was being championed worldwide. The opening of the book introduces the context of its creation, framing it as a response to significant social injustice following the war. Harrison discusses the formation of the Liberty League, a group advocating for the rights of African Americans, and underscores the urgency of their demands. The first chapter details a mass meeting that brought together Negro Americans in protest against systemic violence, specifically lynching and discrimination, while expressing a collective desire for the acknowledgment of their contributions and rights in a nation proclaiming democracy. Harrison's tone is assertive, emphasizing a shift from passive requests to active demands for rights and justice, indicative of the revolutionary spirit rising among the black population in that era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Harrison, Hubert H., 1883-1927
EBook No.: 69712
Published: Jan 5, 2023
Downloads: 153
Language: English
Subject: African Americans
Subject: United States -- Race relations
Subject: African Americans -- Race identity
LoCC: History: America: United States
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.