Broken brotherhood : the rise and fall of the National Afro-American Council / Benjamin R. Justesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Justesen, Benjamin R., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Afro-American Council--History.

National Afro-American Council.

African Americans--Civil rights--History.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Civil rights movements--United States--History.

African Americans--History--1877-1964.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

Racism--United States--History.

Racism.

Physical Description:

xv, 257 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2008]

Summary:

Broken Brotherhood: The Rise and Fall of the National Afro-American Council gives a comprehensive account of the first truly nationwide U.S. civil rights organization, which existed from 1898 to 1908. Based on exhaustive research, the volume chronicles the Council's achievements and its annual meetings and provides portraits of its key leaders, including journalist T. Thomas Fortune, Bishop Alexander Walters, educator Booker T. Washington, and Congressman George Henry White.

Author Benjamin R. Justesen provides historical context for the Council's development during an era of unprecedented growth in African American organizations. Justesen establishes the National Afro-American Council as the earliest national arena for discussions of critical social and political issues affecting African Americans and the single most important united voice lobbying for protection of the nation's largest minority. In a period marked by racial segregation, widespread disfranchisement, and lynching violence, the nonpartisan council helped establish two more enduring successor organizations, providing core leadership for both the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League.

Contents:

Introduction: The Four Titans 1

1 Resurrecting the League: Rochester, 1898 8

2 The Black Judases: Washington, D.C., 1898 16

3 All Eyes on McKinley: Chicago, 1899 38

4 Playing at Presidential Politics: Indianapolis, 1900 53

5 Nowhere Else to Turn: Philadelphia, 1901 83

6 Fortune at the Helm: Saint Paul, 1902 101

7 Dueling Portraits: Louisville, 1903 121

8 Enduring the Interregnum: Saint Louis, 1904 141

9 Walters Redux: Detroit, 1905 152

10 Competing with Niagara: New York City, 1906 168

11 Farewell to the Wizard: Baltimore, 1907 184

Epilogue: Slouching toward Columbus 202

Appendix National Afro-American Council Constitution 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.

ISBN:

9780809328437

0809328437

OCLC:

162507229

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